hosting behind a linksys router(argrh)

[eq_starbob]

hey all


i know this should be on the support boards but i was wondering... is there a way to find out if it is my router or my isp that doesnt allow multipule tcp paths into my computer.. if anyone knows please let me know... if u want to try my server it is Starbob's try me.. i think at least...lmao

[Monrezz]

Originally Posted by eq_starbob

i know this should be on the support boards

Then why isn't it?

If you contact your ISP or take a look on their website I'm sure they can tell you if they allow them, if they do it's obviously your router. :P

[Ademonde]

It's probably your router that doesn't allow the tcp paths. Go to your preferences (linksys common is 192.168.2.1 pass - admin) and port forward the tcp and udp paths to your internal ip... or just dmz it

[samandhi]

On some routers you have to do both forward AND dmz....(unfortunately).

[massa]

Thats not common, but possible

This shoud help a bit...

I was running into the same issue and found no help on the forums about this, so i decided to do a little investigating

I spent a little time playing with DMZ host ( http://whatis.techtarget.com/definit...3891%2C00.html ) and netstat and figured out what ports im actually using and need to forward


To run a server you need the following ports forwarded:
-Port: 9000 tcp/udp
-Port: 5999 tcp/udp
-All zone ports i.e.: 7995-7999 tcp/udp, or in other words, whatever ports you have for zones

That should be it, usually dial-up and dsl isp's are picky as far as what is going on in their network, dsl not so much though

Hope this helps a bit



Laterz,
Massa
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[Rojan]

Originally Posted by Ademonde

It's probably your router that doesn't allow the tcp paths. Go to your preferences (linksys common is 192.168.2.1 pass - admin) and port forward the tcp and udp paths to your internal ip... or just dmz it

On my D-Link I DMZ'd the IP for my server then I run the free version of ZoneAlarm on that server to keep it protected, it works great.