Telnet problem with router

[mousehouse]

From where are you testing the connection? The port forwarding probably only works when you connect from "the internet". If you try connecting to your outside internet address from inside then possibly the port forwarding does not work as expected (eg. does not forward you to the inside server but instead terminates the session locally - ont the router).

Soooo, test from the outside first. Or PM me the IP address and I'll test it for you from NL...

[mousehouse]

Telnet is probably only enabled on the "inside" network... The Thomson modem/router is not that bad ;-) And if I understood correctly, he is trying to get his BBS up and running... if dougal hides it too well there will be no users...

[mousehouse]

My guess is that you are trying to get the outside IP to your VM in Parralels, so no need to enable telnet on your Mac. Check how your Parralels VM's network is configured... You probably need to set it to "Bridged" instead of "NAT". If it's bridged it should get an IP address from your routers DHCP (if you're using that). If port-forwarding is setup correctly on your modem/router it should connect from the outside.