Router Settings/Port Forwarding

[Jagr]

Anyone hosting Black Shark using a Verizon Fios Router? (Actiontec MI424-WR) I thought I setup port forwarding properly..but no go... when I DMZ Host it works fine hosting. I'd like to compare settings if you've had success

[Chillspider]

Im not running that router nor am i using DSL. But i was wondering did you setup a Static IP

[Jagr]

My IP is not static, but it remains the same for months at a time. So I don't pay for statis but essentially it is. When I DMZ the router firewall it works fine. When I just try and use the port forwarding it does not work.. very strange.. I think I did the forwarding properly.. but oh well.. :)

[nemises]

Make sure you are forwarding both TCP and UDP.

[TheMoose]

Here you go

 

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Actiontec/MI-424-WR/Lock_On.htm

[mckee14]

My IP is not static, but it remains the same for months at a time. So I don't pay for statis but essentially it is. When I DMZ the router firewall it works fine. When I just try and use the port forwarding it does not work.. very strange.. I think I did the forwarding properly.. but oh well.. :)

 

don't mix up your external IP with a internal IP.

 

the external IP can change from time to time, sometimes it changes every 24 hrs, sometimes you have the same IP over weeks (like you). this IP is your external one, and the clients need to enter this IP to connect (or select your server via the server browser).

 

the mentioned static IP is your internal IP behind a router. this way, the router gets the external IP, and usually that router hands out internal IPs for every PC, network printer etc. via DHCP. means - the first PC connecting to the router gets a 192.168.0.100, the next one 192.168.0.101 and so on (depending on your DHCP settings, these numbers can be different)

when creating a static IP:

 

1. you tell your router to ALWAYS hand out the same internal IP to a specific PC (or whatever). with my router, i can assign the IP to a MAC-adress. so, everytime i start up my PC, it asks the router for a IP and gets every time the same one. still, the IPs are handed out by DHCP, so all the rest is done automatically (subnetmask etc).

 

2. with some routers, you need to deactivate DHCP for this. then, you also need to tell your PC what his IP is, what subnetmask, gateway and DNS he has to use (because these informations are not delivered by the router without DHCP)

 

how to do this is perfectly documented on the site TheMoose linked. I just try to give you a idea about internal, external and static IPs...

 

and sorry if some things sound strange or are not 100% accurate, english is not my native language :). but more or less, it should match...

[Chillspider]

and you don't have to pay for a static or at least i don't on mine. i just used ipconfig/all and plugged the info into my tcpip properties and made a static ip . I didnt want to use DMZ and open all ports making accessible from internet.this is what i did anyway and worked.

[mckee14]

^as long as you have only 1 computer, that's the easiest way. the PC will always get the same IP from the router, because he is always the first (and only) one who requests one :)

 

problems start, when the router tries to send data to a IP different than the actual internal one.

 

with static internal IP, one can define the port forwarding/triggering to that adress in the router without throwing the whole PC into the DMZ...