REACHING BUBBA FROM OUTSIDE

Illustration showing Bubba|Two in a network.

Using Bubba|Two as router / firewall / server

This is the simplest way of connecting to Bubba|Two from the Internet!

A firewall protects your home computers from attacks from the outside, by blocking traffic that is not directly requested from the inside. Bubba|Two has this functionality. In chapter Administrator in section Network-Firewall you find information about the firewall settings.

You can easily enable access for certain services such as mail access from WWW etc or choose to open standard ports in an convenient way.

Use Easyfind described in section Easyfind below to to let you or your friends to easy find your Bubba|Two on the Internet.

Easyfind - personal domain name

Easyfind is an free service provided by Excito to make it simple for you to reach your Bubba|Two - anywhere, anytime. To be able to use Easyfind you have to have Bubba|Two as router in your LAN.

 

If you have a fixed IP address (consult your internet service provider to find out), it is simple to register your own domain name (i.e. <my domain>.com) to point to your IP number, and thus to your Bubba|Two.

 

If you have a dynamic IP address, you need an additional service that keeps track of your current IP address. Using our service Easyfind you will be able to reach your Bubba|Two wherever you are. Log in as admin, click 'Network' -> 'Identity' and choose "Use 'Easyfind' to locate your Bubba" and select a Easyfind name. Now you will be able to find your Bubba|Two wherever you are typing http://<your_Easyfind_name>.bubbaserver.com.

 

If you change your easyfind name, the old name will immediately be released for others to use. Easyfind only works with http and https protocols. Excito holds the right to terminate the service or remove inappropriate names without notice.

External IP address

If you need to find out what your external IP address is, browse to http://checkip.dyndns.org/ or any similar site. You may or may not have a fixed IP address, consult your internet service provider to find out. If you do not have a fixed IP address, it may change without notice.

Using another firewall / gateway than Bubba|Two

Passing traffic through your firewall

If you have a hardware firewall (commonly called internet router or gateway) installed between Bubba|Two and your internet connection, you have to make the firewall let certain traffic through in order to get the Bubba|Two functionality available from the outside. This is commonly referred to as 'port forwarding'. Consult your firewall or gateway manual on how to do this on your specific device. The following ports are required to be forwarded in order to get the corresponding service to work:

Port number	Service name	Explanation
20 (TCP)	FTP	To make Bubba|Two's FTP server available from the outside
21 (TCP)	FTP	To make Bubba|Two's FTP server available from the outside
22 (TCP/UDP)	SSH	Remote login protocol only for advanced users
25 (TCP/UDP)	SMTP	eMail, incoming and outgoing
80 (TCP)	HTTP	WWW traffic, including web mail, Bubba|Two administration interface and your personal web content
143 (TCP/UDP)	IMAP	To make Bubba|Two's IMAP server reachable from the outside
443 (TCP)	HTTPS	Secure (encrypted) HTTP. Open this to allow secure access to web mail, Bubba|Two administration interface and your personal web content.
993 (TCP)	IMAPS	Secure (encrypted) IMAP. Open this to allow secure access to Bubba|Two's IMAP server.

Note: Opening ports are a security risk. Do not open ports you do not intend to use.