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If, like I was, you’re going insane trying to configure port forwarding on a SpeedStream 6520 router, read on…

I was trying to redirect port 80 to expose our internal webserver, but after putting in the information, going to the external URL kept bringing me to the router configuration screen. Changing the router’s port or trying to map port 8080 didn’t do anything useful either.

It turns out that this is by design.

Once I overrode the domain in my hosts file everything was fine, as confirmed when I checked the site out from another (outside) server.

As a Tiger-friendly addendum to these fine instructions for printing from an OS X machine to a shared Windows printer (our 2K3 server is always on, while the Macs are sometimes asleep), one must do the following to add a printer:

1. Select the Printer Setup Utility in Applications — Utilities.
2. Click on the Add button in the toolbar.
3. Click on the More Printers… button at the bottom of the dialog.
4. On the top drop down, select Windows Printing. The other dropdown will vary depending on your network (I picked Workgroup), and then pick out your server and printer from the list. A printer model of Generic seems to work fine.

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