Oh. Different issue, obviously. As noted previously, 81 and 8080 are commonly used alternates. There are also some dodges you can use through redirectors. However, if the ISP …

Oh absoulutely. I don't intend to open it to the general public. I only want to be able to access my music using iTunes Catalog at work when I am on midnight shift.

I have given up on this for now. I did manage to get Apache reconfigured to use a different port but no matter which port I choose I still can't see the default Apache web page. I …

Port forwarding is probably not enough. I'd use a DMZ instead; it exposes the computer to the Internet without ANY NAT manipulation. Give that a shot before you give up.

I figured if I played around with routers, firewalls and ports long enough I would have to eventually learn what a DMZ actually is because right now I have no clue lol. But now tha…

A "DMZ" is simply a LAN IP that the router doesn't touch; all traffic to and from it bypasses Network Address Translation, so it's like the machine is connected directly to the Int…

Thanks for all your help ghporter. I'm going to give it a shot setting up the DMZ. I'll report back with the results.

Well I did the DMZ thing and it's still a no go. I don't get stumped too often but I guess I'll have to accept that I won't be able to use my computer as a Web Server in any capaci…

Blocking incoming HTTP requests over 80 is a common thing...and ISPs obviously know that 81 and 8080 are commonly used as alternates, so Telus may be blocking those as well. Try a …

I saw somewhere that had a list of programs available for discovering wireless networks that don't broadcast their SSID and other tools to allow you to connect to wireless networks…

Quote: Originally Posted by nickw311 I saw somewhere that had a list of programs available for discovering wireless networks that don't broadcast their SSID and other tools to a…

The reason is because my workplace doesn't broadcast the SSID for the wireless network.

Can't you just ask the IT department what the SSID is?

Asking is embarressing for geeks like me

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Quote: Originally Posted by imitchellg5 Asking is embarressing for geeks like me There's no way your IT department hid the SSID (and probably encrypted the connection... ri…

Yeah, there's a difference between asking "What's the SSID to connect to the network?" and asking "What's the cup holder on my computer for?"

I'm with Apfhex-if you're supposed to have access to the wieless network, your IT people should give you the SSID-and maybe collect your wireless card's MAC address to let it conne…

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex There's no way your IT department hid the SSID (and probably encrypted the connection... right?!?) expecting people to figure it out on their …

I'm allowed to be connected, and they told me the SSID. I just wanted to play around on the software for fun and also because I know there are more than one wireless networks here…

Im pretty sure it is a crime to connect to wireless networks when you dont have permission. Im not trying to be a prude or anything, I go wardriving all of the time, but I think it…

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac A crime? In what jurisdiction? I haven't heard of such a law in California. Actually, I may have been thinking of the unauthorized use of…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I'm with Apfhex-if you're supposed to have access to the wieless network, your IT people should give you the SSID-and maybe collect your wir…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Actually, the real security isn't realized by MAC filtering at all, since it's not that hard to spoof a MAC address. The real security comes…

iStumbler is better than MacStumbler IMO. FWIW, it's useful just as a tool for monitoring your Wi-Fi signal as you can see how clean and persistent your signal is to a much finer d…