Saturday, November 24, 2012

What IP to put in when port forwarding with Linksys?

Q. Ok, so i'm trying to port forward for a Minecraft server, but it requires an IP, but there can only be 3 numbers. What do I put in for the IP?
My computers IP is like, 11 numbers long but I can only put in 3

A. The IP address for the forward MUST be the address of the machine running the server.


I am trying to start a minecraft sever and need help. How do I port forward?
Q. I have a wrt53gL linksys router. How do I port forward? And what would I use for my I.P. Address?
I've gone to my wireless settings but can't seem to figure out what to do to forward forward a port for minecraft. Any help would be great. Thank you

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How can I keep the forwarded ports though my router going to the same computer?
Q. I have a home network. The router has port forwarding, which you set by setting which IP address the ports are forwarded to. But as the computers come and go and are restarted, the router keeps assigning them different addresses, leading to the ports forwarding to different machines all the time, which I'm constantly manually correcting. I've tried setting up the computers with manual IP settings, or using DHCP with a manual IP address, but neither one will work- they only work when configured to use DHCP, and then the addresses keep changing. An old router I had let you reserve an IP address and always assign it to the same MAC address, so the same machine always had a static local IP, but my Linksys Wireless router doesn't appear to offer that. Any idea?

A. Depending on what model Linksys router you have, you can flash it to use a third-party firmware that opens up more options including assigning a static IP to a MAC address (so your computer will always have the same IP).

I don't believe there's a way you can do this with the default Linksys firmware. Again what you want is assigning an IP to a MAC Address which is in the DHCP server settings.


What is the difference between single port forward and port range forwarding?
Q. I'm trying to forward ports in my linksys router settings so that the NAT for my Xbox 360 will be Open.

In the port forwarding menu on my router, there are a few different tabs, 2 of which say Single Port Forwarding, and Port Range Forwarding.

The menu in each tab looks very similar, and I know what to enter and where, but I'm not sure whether I should be entering the port numbers and such in Single Port Forwarding or Port Range Forwarding.

A. Do you know the difference between a single number, and a range of numbers? Yes? Then you know the difference here also.





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