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maggotz


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port forwarding
#8568478 - 06/26/08 07:50 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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this shit pisses me off. i've tried to do this so many times and i have failed every time. i follow the guide at portforward.com perfectly (at least i think i do) but the shit never works. fuck.
my wireless router is a linksys wrt54g and i can never get it to work. how did you guys do this? suggestions are welcome. i suck. 
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Re: port forwarding [Re: maggotz]
#8568498 - 06/26/08 07:58 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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wrt54g is the best. lucckyyy.
what exactly isn't working? trying get get people to connect to your local server? go to the Security panel and disable the interwebs firewall and stuff.
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Re: port forwarding [Re: maggotz]
#8568504 - 06/26/08 07:59 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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establish a static ip forward port to that ip open port in firewall
that is it. make sure u use the built in port checker in your client software as most sites connectability checker is not updated in real time.
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Re: port forwarding [Re: iateshaggy]
#8568528 - 06/26/08 08:04 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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i want to forward them for utorrent.
and i thought i did everything correctly but it still says ports are not forwarded correctly. i added utorrent to my windows firewall's exceptions. even added the port itself, the one utorrent is using.
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Re: port forwarding [Re: maggotz]
#8572754 - 06/27/08 10:28 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Check you computers ip addy and the modem/routers ip make sure there right...the port error page on utorrent tells the modems ip btw..
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Re: port forwarding [Re: maggotz]
#8573442 - 06/28/08 04:15 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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> and i thought i did everything correctly but it still says ports are not forwarded correctly.
Perhaps, perhaps not.
First, let me give you an analogy. If you already know all of this, apologies, but I want to be sure we are using the same terminology...
With respect to networking, think of you computer as an apartment complex. Each service that you computer can handle has it's own apartment. (A "service" in network speak is a protocol... so you have ftp service, httpd service, ntp service, torrent service, etc.)
Just like each apartment in a complex has it's own number, each service has it's own port (number). The IP address identifies the computer (more specifically, the interface) much like an address identifies an apartment complex. The port number identifies the individual service on the computer, much the way apartment numbers identify the individual apartments in a complex.
Every packet of data the comes into your computer will be tagged with an IP address (which is how it found you computer) and a port number (which is how your computer knows what program should get the data).
The last little bit that is important is TCP vs UDP. In our analogy, TCP traffic is mail that you have to sign for while UDP traffic is mail that is left on your doorstep. Don't worry about the difference, just realize that there are two types of mail (packets, TCP and UDP), and that they can share the same apartment (port number), thus to uniquely identify a service on a computer you need three things: IP address, port number, and packet type.
Now we add a router to the picture and blow the analogy... somewhat...
To the outside world, the router looks like the apartment complex described above. To the inside world, the only thing that changes is the apartment complex's address (IP address). Typically, the router assigns an IP address to the internal computers. When you send a packet out, the router makes a temporary mapping of (inside)IP:Port:Type->(outside)IP:Port:Type. This way, when a packet from outside arrives at the router, it can lookup up the (outside)IP:Port:Type and konw which (inside)IP:Port:Type to send the data.
However, if I am outside and I want to initiate a data transfer with somebody on the inside, when my (outside)IP:Port:Type hits the router, the router has nothing to look up (only inside connections going out create mappings), thus the router has no idea where to send the data to on the inside network.
This is where port forwarding comes in. You configure the router by hand and add in your own mapping telling the router "when data comes in from the outside on Port:Type, send the data to the inside computer at IP.
Some routers will let you translate the port, others will not. Type cannot change. Some routers will let you specify which types to forward (upd, tcp, or both), while others will forward all packet types.
Make sure that you understand the above before proceeding... once you understand what is happening, you will be able to look at your setup and figure out what is wrong. If you do not understand what is happening, then when you look at your setup, you are guessing what is wrong.
First step is to figure out the address of your apartment (the IP address of your computer). Do a start->run, type cmd, click ok, and a black console window will open up. At the prompt, type ipconfig and hit enter. You should see your IP address in the couple of lines of output. It will probably be in the 192.168.xxx.xxx range or 10.xxx.xxx.xxx range. These are non-routed networks that can only be used "inside" and must be translated to an "outside" address by a router.
To make matters more complex, the "inside" address is usually handed out to your computer dynamically and can change from time to time. If you see anything about DHCP, this is the "dynamic host configuration protocol" that changes over time. (We will come back to this... don't worry about it for now.)
Next step is to figure out the outside address. This isn't really important, but I want to be sure you understand the difference. Open a web browser and got to www.findmyip.com. The page that loads will show you the IP address of your "outside" connection. This is the address other computers know you by.
Finally, you need to see what port(s) have been assigned/taken by uTorrent. I don't know the software, so you will have to figure this out on your own. Make certain that the port numbers are above 1024 (as these ports are reserved for 'well known services'). I usually pick port numbers in the 10000 to 30000 range. These are safe across all implementations. Also, don't use the default ports (32459, or 6881 through 6889) as many ISPs block these.
At this point you should know the following:
inside IP address (192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x most likely) outside ip address port number(s) used by uTorrent
You should also know the inside IP of your router (which you do, 'cause you have connected to it to try and configure things).
Now you need to login to your router and create a port forward map that takes the outside traffic on Port# and forwards it to (inside)IP:Port. Forward both UDP and TCP, if it is an option.
Test, and it should work...
What can go wrong? Many things... always double check for typos or transposed numbers. Try different port numbers in case the ones you chose were not free or were blocked by the ISP. If the ISP is cheap, they may be doing the same type of thing as you, but treating their customers as "inside". If this is the case, you are screwed unless the ISP will open a port for you. Finally, your inside IP address can change if it is configured dynamically. If it stops working, go back and check your inside IP address to make sure it hasn't changed.
For static IPs, you have two choices... you can configure the router to always hand out the same address (based on MAC address of the interface), or you can manually configure the computer. If you get this far, and the above is working, then the static IP part is easy and we can help walk you through it.
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Re: port forwarding [Re: Seuss]
#8573818 - 06/28/08 09:32 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Holy shit! I was about to reply, but Seuss to the rescue!
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Re: port forwarding [Re: Seuss]
#8574202 - 06/28/08 12:32 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah, i've done all that before. still won't work. even shaggy went with me step by step and we still couldn't figure why it won't work.
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Re: port forwarding [Re: maggotz]
#8575097 - 06/28/08 05:59 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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are u in an apartment that supplies internet, or did u have to subscribe to it yourself? if u are on an apartment network, u'll need someone w/ the apt to forward u a port.
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