More Forwarding Questions

[BigTexTruckin]

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Ok so Ive read everything at PortForward.com and still cant get a good network test. Im behind a Westel BellSouthB90-220030-04 wireless router. Its set up as a DHCP server because its the dorm router. Is this my problem, the DHCP part I mean. I cant change that without getting in a scuff with the techies. Ive tried setting up a static address with it, but that still doesnt do the trick...

My net test shoews the Nat detected and port 6112 works, but the rest time out.

Also when enabling a service on it, It automatically uses 192.168.1.5 as the host device. Is this me?

Would the PortTrigger program be able to get around this?


ok through more poking around I have come to another question... Do I need to set the router to use a static IP address? I know how to set my computer to a static IP and I think I can do the same for the router. I dont have 133t hacker skills so forgive the ignorance please.

[Avalanche]

Part of the problem with DHCP is that you're never guaranteed to keep the same IP address over time, unless your computer stays on all the time, or gets turned on and logged onto the network at least once a day.

Talk to the "techies", and see what the lease time is on your IP address. Try to have your computer online at least half that often. For example, for a 2 day lease time, try to log on at least daily. That should keep your IP address the same.

That said, go to Start > Run > type cmd for the command prompt.

At the command prompt type in ipconfig /all. It should give you your windows IP configuration, then your ethernet local area connection. In the second section, there's a line for "physical address", then "Dhcp enabled" (this one will probably read "yes" for you), then IP address. That's the line you need, as that entry is what IP you currently have assigned to you by the router. Forward the ports to that IP.

192.168.1.5 looks like a router IP, though it could be you, I suppose. Whatever IP you found in ipconfig is you.

EDIT: Now that I think about it, ask the people that set up the router if they know how many IPs it's given out, and how many are available. If they can give you an IP that's way below the last IP currently in use, you might be able to set up a static IP, even with a DHCP server.

[BigTexTruckin]

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OK so I do have 133t haxzor skills after all, muhahahaha the world is much less safe now!!!! Ok for all still having trouble. You have to have both your computer and your router set up for Static IP addresses. To do this you need to go to your routers config page. Then go into the connections and set them to whatever it is currently connected to. Then save and restart the connection. DO NOT JUST RESTART THE CONNECTION, SAVE AND RESTART OR IT WONT WORK. Only then can you set a static IP for your comp and have it work properly.

To avalanche... I guess the 192.168.1.5 must be another comp on the network setup for a static IP, in which case the poor bastard has been gettin the ports I was forwarding sent to his comp. I bet his firewall has lots of fun.