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How can i make other users from my LAN to be able to connect to my servers using my WAN IP adress?. I have d-link 604 router and i use DMZ on computer thats hosting. Is there a way to do that without using proxy servers?

Do not understand this - LAN users should have no issue connected throught the LAN. Why do you need/want them to go outside the LAN and reconnect from the WAN side??
98% of the population is asleep. The other 2% are staring around in complete amazement, abject terror, or both.

Well, i just ask if it possible to resolve WAN adress inside LAN network (or do something similiar). Since normally you cant do that...

If you are using NAT to let other machine go to the internet, you can't use the WAN address to connect to the server.
e.g.
Let's say your WAN address is 212.111.111.1
If you are connecting to a server on the internet, in a natted network, each workstation get's the WAN ip address (212.111.111.1) for a very short.
So if you try to connect to a server with the WAN address 212.111.111.1, you try to connect with the ip address 212.111.111.1 to ip address 212.111.111.1.
In result, you'll get an error message.
So it doesn't work.
It's like you're knocking on your door from the outside and open it from the inside by yourself. :-)By the way, users from inside your LAN should not connect to your server through the internet for security issues.
Paul

It can be made if the router supports NAT Loopback.
[qoute]Why do you need/want them to go outside the LAN and reconnect from the WAN side??[/qoute]
Some applications requiere that way of connection.
Example:
gamming. You get the ip from a master list and connect to that. If another machine of the LAN host the server, you will get your own WAN address.

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