Hi Les, >> MySQL is running, my Wordpress stuff is working, but I cannot connect to the server from my house. This server is in my house, however, but on a public IP, behind a firewall, etc. >> >> I checked my hardware firewall (a dedicated UnTangle system) and that is successfully allowing the passage. I know this because the firewall shows: >> >> 2009-12-22 6:29:41 am passed <my IP>:35606 <server IP>:3306 >> > [...] >> What am I doing wrong? What can I check for? I am stumped! > > Where does the client connection originate? Is it behind the same > firewall but on a NATed address? Or is NAT involved in some other way > that might keep you from seeing the source you expect in your tcpdump? OK, I have a comcast modem as pass through. I have a firewall and behind it is the mysql server (public IP) I have an Apple Time Capsule that is NOT behind the firewall, but does have a public IP on the same network as the firewall and MySQL Server. The Time Capsule nats and give clients behind it a private IP. -Jason