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I'm having some really strange things happening. I'm trying to get a simple server up and running using Jaguar. I've followed all of the instructions and understand most of it.

Problem #1
I have configured my router to pass requests to port 80 to a specified IP address. In my case, I'm using **.**.**.25 -- where the first three fields are the first three digits in the routers IP address (Using a simple Belkin router, I'm unable to change these anyway).

My problem occurs when I try to configure the server IP. When I set it to get an IP via DHCP, I have an internet connection; however, when I choose Configure IP Manual" in the Network Control Panel and enter all of the information, I lose internet connection. For the manual configuration, I type in the correct IP, Subnet Mask, and Router IP.

Interestingly, when I swith back to get IP via DHCP, the router sets the same address that I have in Manual and I then have an internet connection. Of course I don't want to have a dynamic IP on my server (ie, if my router has to be reset, etc... it may assign my server another IP).

Does anyone have an idea? Ive also tried using DHCP with a Manual Address with the same results....my computer doesn't see the router.

Problem #2
Just to test it out, I left my computer set to using "DHCP" to obtain the IP address. I then simply configured my router to pass web requests to the IP it assigned to that computer. However, when I tested it from another computer (ie, entered my permanent IP in a browser), I did not see my webpage. Instead, I got the front-page utility of my router! This freaked me out and I disabled websharing and the virtual server of my router. Again, any help will be very appreciated.

Any help will be appreciated!

thx,
Mike