Port Forwading and static IP help.

[JC316]

OK, I have a bunch of cool online games, but half of them don't work. Starcraft is the latest casuality of this situation.

I need to forward port 6112 on the udp and tcp. In order to do that with my router I need a static IP. I have found a site called www.portforward.com that kinda explains this, but I still cant make it work.

Does anyone know how in the hell I am supposed to do this?

My router is a Linksys WRT54G and I use a wireless ISP, so no modems.

 

[Alec§taar]

Step-by-Step: Port Forwarding on the Linksys Cable/DSL Router:

http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/sbs-linksys-port-forwarding.html



* You MIGHT have to enable that in Windows too (EnableIPForward) but, try that for now...

APK

 

[JC316]

Thanks Alec. Thats one step. That part I could basicly figure out. It's this static IP thats kicking my ass. I need one to make the port forwarding work. Otherwise my router will just assign a new one and I will be screwed.

 

[Completely Bonkers]

Need a static IP? Just go to network settings / general / internet protocol and DESELECT obtain IP automatically, and set your own IP here.

ALTERNATIVELY... use your router interface to set a static IP address based on the MAC address of your PC's network card.

Here's a picture from my router (Netgear). There is a "database" of attached devices. I select one, click edit, and assign STATIC rather than DYNAMIC IP. I'm sure linksys has something similar. If not... get yourself a cheap Netgear Pro Safe, e.g. FVG124G, FVG318, FVL328 etc. You can pick them up for $20-$50 on ebay (new) and they all have this feature.

 

[Alec§taar]

Need a static IP? Just go to network settings / general / internet protocol and DESELECT obtain IP automatically, and set your own IP here.

ALTERNATIVELY... use your router interface to set a static IP address based on the MAC address of your PC's network card.

I think the man's right... I just messed w/ mine (bridging it to my DSL modem around 3 days ago) & iirc, it has options for STATIC IP, you set in the router itself.

IIRC, it's around the SAME SPOT in a LinkSys that doing MAC CLONING is in... check it yourself, & GOOD LUCK!

APK

P.S.=> Windows will also let you do that, in its ALTERNATE CONFIGURATION for Tcp/IP settings, & MIGHT be something to look @ also... apk

 

[Darknova]

As long as the PC behind the router has a static IP then there is no problem. The external IP (ie the Routers) changes about once a week on my router, and I have no port forwarding issues. All my online games work perfectly

 

[Alec§taar]

Love this stuff... this thread made my bookmarks/favs for messing w/ my LinkSys BEFSX41 unit here!



* I don't mess around as much as I used to w/ routers, hubs, hardware firewalling, etc. anymore, so I need decent references... Darknova & CompletelyBonkers - you 'set the trend' for this thread & 'made it worthy' imo, lol, no joke!

APK

 

[gto78]

yeah I'd say the easiest and most reliable way to keep your IP address static is to go into the linksys settings and choose have it assign a specific address to your computer's mac address. Then even if you use more than one OS or if your system needs to be reinstalled down the road, or for whatever reason- you wont have to go back into windows and reconfigure it, once it's set, it's set...