Port Fowarding

Charbo · 01-14-2005, 05:13 AM

hi i have an actiontec gt701-wg dsl modem and it has a router built in. i have the manual and have read it over a few times, so please dont tell me rtfm but i really need help. i host servers for online games like quake and soldat and such, and the online router is giving the wrong ip and stuff so i called qwest and they said that i needed to set up port forwarding/dmz but that they couldnt help me with it. so my question is how to set that up i know how to get to the setup screen, but i dont know what to put in the fields. thanks

office politics · 01-14-2005, 10:49 AM

the idea behind port forwarding is that incoming traffic needs to be directed to certain pcs by the router. You will determine different application's traffic by the different port numbers.

what you need to know to setup port forwarding is the private ip of the pc that you want the outside world to connect to. As well as the port number or range that the application uses.

Once this is set up, the router will forward all traffic on that port(s) to that ip.

Charbo · 01-14-2005, 10:53 AM

so i put in my pc's ip in the forward to part. can i put 0-whatever in the range field so all ports will be forwarded? also doesnt dmz forward all ports to the ip you provide?

office politics · 01-14-2005, 10:59 AM

i wouldnt forward all ports to one pc. it would prolly cause problems with the other comps on the network.

Charbo · 01-14-2005, 11:03 AM

i dont have a network. the router is built in to my modem so i have no choice

mikesgroovin · 01-14-2005, 12:54 PM

Log into the router and click on Setup/Configuration, then click on advanced setup on the left pane.
Click Begin Advanced Setup, and on the left pane there will be a Port forwarding link.
First you need to find out ALL of the ports you need to forward to your gaming server. Let's say that you need to forward 6001-6999 and then you also need to forward 7003.
In the IP port range fields, you will need to use 6001 to 6999. Click TCP in the next field. In the IP address field, place the internal ip address of your gaming server (i.e. 192.168.0.100) or whatever it is. Then click ADD. You will need to do the SAME thing a second time. 6001 to 6999 and this time switch the TCP field to UDP and then place the same gaming server ip address in the IP address field. Then click ADD. Then you will also have to ADD a port range from 7003 to 7003 TCP to the same ip address and then finally add 7003 to 7003 UDP to the same IP address.
Finally, when you have all of the ranges you need, click SAVE and RESTART.

It's very important to add ALL of the port ranges you need to ALL at one time. With any other gateway/router, it wouldn't be a problem to add some now and then add some later, but Actiontec makes horrible combo DSL modem/gateway/routers. (sorry, but it's true). You'll find that if you add some ports now and some later that the router will lose ALL of the custom settings that you configured and go back to the default settings out of the box.

01-14-2005, 05:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Charbo Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 465	Port Fowarding hi i have an actiontec gt701-wg dsl modem and it has a router built in. i have the manual and have read it over a few times, so please dont tell me rtfm but i really need help. i host servers for online games like quake and soldat and such, and the online router is giving the wrong ip and stuff so i called qwest and they said that i needed to set up port forwarding/dmz but that they couldnt help me with it. so my question is how to set that up i know how to get to the setup screen, but i dont know what to put in the fields. thanks __________________

01-14-2005, 10:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
office politics Dope Tech Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,645	the idea behind port forwarding is that incoming traffic needs to be directed to certain pcs by the router. You will determine different application's traffic by the different port numbers. what you need to know to setup port forwarding is the private ip of the pc that you want the outside world to connect to. As well as the port number or range that the application uses. Once this is set up, the router will forward all traffic on that port(s) to that ip. __________________ Tech IMO.com \| ExtremeTech.com \| ASP Free.com \| SysOpt.com \| Tech Support Guy.org DB Forums.com \| Cyber Tech Help.com \| Lazy Forums.com \| Warrior Nation.net 'If you don't stand for somethin you'll fall for anything' - Dr. Dre Been there, done that

01-14-2005, 10:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Charbo Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 465	so i put in my pc's ip in the forward to part. can i put 0-whatever in the range field so all ports will be forwarded? also doesnt dmz forward all ports to the ip you provide? __________________

01-14-2005, 10:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
office politics Dope Tech Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,645	i wouldnt forward all ports to one pc. it would prolly cause problems with the other comps on the network. __________________ Tech IMO.com \| ExtremeTech.com \| ASP Free.com \| SysOpt.com \| Tech Support Guy.org DB Forums.com \| Cyber Tech Help.com \| Lazy Forums.com \| Warrior Nation.net 'If you don't stand for somethin you'll fall for anything' - Dr. Dre Been there, done that

01-14-2005, 11:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Charbo Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 465	i dont have a network. the router is built in to my modem so i have no choice __________________

01-14-2005, 12:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
mikesgroovin honk if you route packets Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,742	Log into the router and click on Setup/Configuration, then click on advanced setup on the left pane. Click Begin Advanced Setup, and on the left pane there will be a Port forwarding link. First you need to find out ALL of the ports you need to forward to your gaming server. Let's say that you need to forward 6001-6999 and then you also need to forward 7003. In the IP port range fields, you will need to use 6001 to 6999. Click TCP in the next field. In the IP address field, place the internal ip address of your gaming server (i.e. 192.168.0.100) or whatever it is. Then click ADD. You will need to do the SAME thing a second time. 6001 to 6999 and this time switch the TCP field to UDP and then place the same gaming server ip address in the IP address field. Then click ADD. Then you will also have to ADD a port range from 7003 to 7003 TCP to the same ip address and then finally add 7003 to 7003 UDP to the same IP address. Finally, when you have all of the ranges you need, click SAVE and RESTART. It's very important to add ALL of the port ranges you need to ALL at one time. With any other gateway/router, it wouldn't be a problem to add some now and then add some later, but Actiontec makes horrible combo DSL modem/gateway/routers. (sorry, but it's true). You'll find that if you add some ports now and some later that the router will lose ALL of the custom settings that you configured and go back to the default settings out of the box.

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