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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Windows clients behind router (long)

2011-11-23 08:54:36
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Windows clients behind router (long)
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:51:33 -0600
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se> 
wrote:
>
> The router has so far been set up with a port forwarding rule to pass any
> calls to port 873 to *one* computer on the intranet. I also added a few other
> port forwarding rules for Deltacopy to the other instrument computer, ie
> 10873, 11873 etc.
>
> The Problem:
> ============
> BPC only backups the first computer, ie the one with port forwarding rule 873
> set in the router.
>
> The router allows only one port forwarding rule per intranet IP, that is to
> say, I can only add say 192.168.1.100 and have port 873 forwarded to this IP.
> If I add 192.168.200, this IP can't have the same port 873 forwarded to it.
>
> I figured I could change the listening port of Deltacopy on the other
> instrument computers to something different, but BackupPC won't allow me to
> add five or so hosts (remember, the router only has one IP on the WAN side,
> which is all BPC sees), all with the same FQDN in BPC's host list, but with
> different rsynd client ports.


In the per-host configs, set  ClientAliasName to the router IP for
each target behind it.   And set RsyncdClientPort to the port
forwarded to that target.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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