[gopher] Re: NT Server?

[Cameron Kaiser <spectre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am currently trying to run "Gophers" v0.5 on W2k Server.  Since I am
> behind a firewall my machine has a NATed ip address (192.x.x.x).  When I try
> to connect from offsite, I can view the selectors but clicking on them tries
> to access the resource via the private ip address.  Needless to say, this
> doesn't work.  Any ideas?

This is likely going to be a problem for almost any gopher server in this
situation, alas. If you have access to the source, a kludgey but workable
solution is just to hardcode the proper address in it, if your box has an
externally accessible IP.

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