Keeping ports open on my router.

[Strida]

I've got a cheap Microsoft wireless router and I'm wanting to keep some of my ports open all of the time.

I know that I do this with Persistance Port Forwarding but I've yet to figure out really how. Here's what I get and what I have in the PPF menu within the Base Station Configuration Tool..

Enable: yes

Description: ??? (special description or just generic?)

Inbound Port: ??? - ???

Type - TCP or UDP ?

Private IP - 192.168.2.xxx (the xxx is a blank area for me to fill in)

Private Port - ??? - ???

I'm trying to open up ports 6881 through 6889.

I am mostly confused on the the Inbound and Private Port's difference, as well as the Type and Private IP's use.

 

[phoenix111384]

opening up ports for bit torrent eh? as far as i know, bit torrent only uses tcp. as for the description, just put whatever you want, ie. "name of application". try putting the ports for inbound, if you don't see a speed increase, try private. if nothing again, try both!

 

[Strida]

What about the private IP Address area?

 

[engjohn]

Enable: yes

Description: Bit Torrent
Inbound Port: 6881 - 6889

Type - BOTH (if you cannot do both, make two rules, one for TCP and one for UDP)

Private IP - 192.168.2.(ip of your computer, make sure that you have a static IP, or may have to change this everytime you reboot)

Private Port - 6881 - 6889 (this would allow you to map the incoming ports to differnt ports on the internal (private) computer)

 

[Strida]

Thanks! That's exactly what I needed. Of course I'm only downloading %100 legal stuff w/ bit torrent.. of course..

Isn't the 192 IP address local?

 

[engjohn]

Thanks! That's exactly what I needed. Of course I'm only downloading %100 legal stuff w/ bit torrent.. of course..

Isn't the 192 IP address local?

Yep

 

[NoKtEm]

should only need to open TCP

 

[Supchaka]

The reason you have an incoming and private port range is that you can forward an inbound port to a different port XXX on the machine.

 

[jajmon]

engjohn's ip address of 192.168.2 is only an example. You should configure the pc to a static IP address that is the same network that you have now, and make sure that address is 'outside' of the dhcp address that your router gives out.

 

[Strida]

Ah crap, I think I might have to read this thing's manual.. But on the other hand, maybe not.. =D

 

[SniperXX]

Manuals are overrated.

But seriously they can come in handy when theres a prob, lol.