>>Then maybe redirecting is not the same?
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>What do you mean?
I can't remember if this is only for routers or for DSL modems also, but you should set the port redirecting from router/modem to the SQL Server. Maybe this erdirection is not right or maybe some firewall blocks all incoming requests to this port (1433)
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