> I still can't access the BBS by typing the external IP ( like what   
    > shows up when I go to  whatismyip.com)   
      
    N> Nor will you ever be able to.   
      
   i hate to say it but this is incorrect... my system has been doing exactly   
   this from the dial-up internet days all the way up to today on my dsl   
   connection... i do NOT split horizon my DNS or fool with HOSTS tricks... all   
   my internal machines access my web sites, bbs and other services in the same   
   way that anyone outside my LAN does... we all use my WAN domain name and it   
   works a peach... always has, in fact... right down to the workstations' proper   
   internal IPs being listed in all the logs...   
      
   PS: i've always done NAT ;)   
      
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