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    Ok, I'm new to this.
    I set up the remote access & can access my server & home computers (2x win XP pro) from my laptop when I am at home but when I try to connect from my buddies to my https://xxx.homeserver.com
     I can't get anything but "page cannot be displayed"
    Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:19 PM

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    It's possible that your ISP is blocking some or all of the ports that the Remote Access web site uses. You can easily test those ports by going to the Shields Up! web site and performing a custom port scan of the ports 80, 443, and 4125. If a port is reported by Shields Up! as STEALTH, that indicates that something is blocking it.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:18 PM
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    It's possible that your ISP is blocking some or all of the ports that the Remote Access web site uses. You can easily test those ports by going to the Shields Up! web site and performing a custom port scan of the ports 80, 443, and 4125. If a port is reported by Shields Up! as STEALTH, that indicates that something is blocking it.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:18 PM
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    Thanks for the help, must be something blocking it. I followed the Apress Windows Home Server Guide, which just happen to us the same router in the book as I have, to set up the manual configuration (2700HG-E Gateway)

    This is what Stealth gave me.


    Port
    Status    		 Protocol and Application

    80
    Stealth    		 http
    World Wide Web HTTP

    443
    Stealth    		 https
    http protocol over TLS/SSL

    4125
    Closed    		 Unknown Protocol for this port
    Unknown Application for this port
    Sunday, December 28, 2008 7:31 AM
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    Tboy99 said:

    Thanks for the help, must be something blocking it. I followed the Apress Windows Home Server Guide, which just happen to us the same router in the book as I have, to set up the manual configuration (2700HG-E Gateway)

    This is what Stealth gave me.


    Port
    Status    		 Protocol and Application

    80
    Stealth    		 http
    World Wide Web HTTP

    443
    Stealth    		 https
    http protocol over TLS/SSL

    4125
    Closed    		 Unknown Protocol for this port
    Unknown Application for this port



    Both 80 and 443 should show as open.  If you are sure you forwarded those ports to the correct IP address, then most likely your ISP is blocking those ports.  The only other possibility would be an incorrectly configured firewall on your server, but it should be automatically set by WHS.  The easiest way to double-check your firewall settings is to logon to the server desktop and temporarily disable Windows Firewall, then try to use Remote Access again.  (Just make sure to re-enable your server firewall after you test it.)
    Sunday, December 28, 2008 3:50 PM
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