From: "Netsurge"    
      
     Re: Re: Hello all   
     By: Lotek Nate to bbs-scene.help on Sun Jul 18 2010 12:14 am   
      
    > But isnt that because when I added that line to the hosts file I am   
    > tricking my local computer with that one line I added?   
      
   Yes.   
      
    > I still can't access the BBS by typing the external IP ( like what   
    > shows up when I go to  whatismyip.com)   
      
   Nor will you ever be able to.  Consumer routers aren't capable of routing you   
   back in via NAT to yourself, it creates a pardox of sorts.  Read up on how NAT   
   works and you'll understand why. NAT is essentially nothing more than a   
   cheating method of using multiple devices with a single IP, when you make the   
   request to yourself and get to your router, your router then thinks that it's   
   itself and craps out.   
      
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