Anyone know anything about IP forwarding in windows XP?

[hpkeeper]

Please help... I have a question about IP forwarding..... HOW DO YOU DO IT!?!?!? , I have a netgear MR314 wireless router. Anything will help... I'm just trying to get directly out into the internet rather than go through the foolishness of different ports in my router. Please help!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

WRONG FORUM!!!

 

[Ameesh]

if your router is giving you your ip you are going to have to go through it.

 

[Fritzo]

If you're using XP's firewall, this can be done in the advanced settings for the firewall (go to Help in XP...that's what it's there for). If it's a router, you simply find what port you need forwarded and associate that port with a private IP address on your network. For instance, if you're running a web server on 192.168.1.5, you would set your router's port forwarding to make port 80 go to 192.168.1.5. Pretty easy really.

 

[hpkeeper]

fritzo seems to know what he's talking about... option B is what I'm going for, but I don't know how to go about doing it...


PS - if it's the wrong forum.. why hasn't the thread moved there? not to mention, this forum moves faster.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: hpkeeper
fritzo seems to know what he's talking about... option B is what I'm going for, but I don't know how to go about doing it...


PS - if it's the wrong forum.. why hasn't the thread moved there? not to mention, this forum moves faster.

a) the mods can't be here 24 hours...thus us friendly losers..er..users that watch the forums to make sure things are peachy
b) yes, OT moves 10 times as quick as any other forum here. Sometimes it's nice to post a problem here even if it is in the wrong forum.

-=bmacd=-

 

[MrBond]

PS - if it's the wrong forum.. why hasn't the thread moved there? not to mention, this forum moves faster.

The description for the networking forum:

From WAN to LAN, discuss it here. Having trouble setting up your own network? Is server configuration a pain? DSL or Cable Modem giving you fits? Get your questions answered and your topics discussed in the AnandTech Networking Forum.

The description for Off Topic:

A public meeting place, a Pub, if you will... A place for computer junkies to boldly post Off Topic... Things you might want to tell everyone... Or things you wouldn't say to anyone else.

It really does belong in networking.

You have to remember, just because off topic moves faster, doesn't make it better. There are people who won't even waste their time with Off Topic, but they will help people in the other forums. The most knowledgeable people don't always watch Off Topic. I mean, if I wanted to help people with their networks, I'd look in the NETWORKING forum.

 

[hpkeeper]

wow... all these posts... yet my problem still isn't fixed... leave the moderating to the MODS... so unless you have something of use to post... Don't.

 

[n0cmonkey]

unplug router, plug in xp machine, done

What more do you really need?

Oh yeah, Wrong forum.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: hpkeeper
wow... all these posts... yet my problem still isn't fixed... leave the moderating to the MODS... so unless you have something of use to post... Don't.

What kind of server you trying to run? Here's the steps:

1) Connect to your router (most modern routers have an http interface, while some older ones only have a telnet interface)

2) Navigate to the port forwarding section of the modem

3) Put a static private IP address on the PC you want to be your server

4) in the port forwarding section of the router, put in a rule that port (whatever port you need) traffic is associated with (whatever private IP address is on your server). That way, any requests that hit your public IP address are forwarded to the server.

An example, ftp servers use port 21. Your router has a public IP address of 206.206.206.200. You set up a port mapping on the router that says "Any reqests to port 21 go to 192.168.0.100". Now, when someone connects to 206.206.206.200 via FTP, his request will get forwarded to the FTP server (192.168.0.100) behind your router.

Got it?

EDIT: I just saw you edited your post. The router should allow you to set one PC as a DMZ (demilitarized zone). This will open all ports to that one PC. Check your docs on how to set a DMZ.