Gah!!! Help forwarding ports please!

[chimpy]

OK, so I have a Belkin F5D7633-4 wireless router, which is connected through the ethernet port on my PC (wired). A couple of things don't want to work well though (Frostwire and PiMPStreamer for PSP), so I guessed it was because my ports wern't forwarded correctly. I checked this through ''http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=[insertporthere]'', and every port I entered told me ''Error! Port [number] does not appear to be open.''

So, I went to portforward.com and tried to change my IP from static to dynamic, as it said I need to do this before forwarding. I followed this guide to do so: http://portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

After I restart my computer, my IP address remains the same, according to whatismyipaddress.com. Does this mean I have a static IP address?

After that, I used this guide to try and forward a few ports: http://portforward.com/english/routers/...orwarding/Belkin/F5D7633-4/default.htm

It wasn't too difficult, but I think I did something wrong, as when I test the forwarded ports using http://www.utorrent.com/testport.php?port=[insertporthere], it still tells me they aren't forwarded.

Anyone have any help, or advice on where I might have gone wrong? Sorry for the long post, and thank you.

 

[nweaver]

1. Check the scope of your DHCP on your router
2. assign your machine the first address outside of that pool (if pool is 192.168.0.50-100, assign yourself 192.168.0.101)
3. on the routers port forwarding page, put in the port number/range, and set that IP as the forward two IP
4. Shut off s/w firewall (XPSP2, Kapersky, zonealarm, etc)
5. Test
6. Turn firewall back on, test
7. Configure exclusions in the F/W software for any ports still not getting through, test again

 

[jlazzaro]

hmm, where to start. first off, you would not see a change in your ip address on the whatismyipaddress.com site because that site reports your isp address. you are using private addressing for your network, which is not routable or valid outside your network.

the reason they recommend a static PRIVATE address is because when you forward ports, you forward them to an ip address. With dynamic addressing your ip can change, making the forward invalid.

either your forwarding to the wrong address or forwarding the wrong ports. do a start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all and make sure you entered the right address and ports.

even if the ports are forwarded, if you have a firewall setup that could be blocking ports as well. To test, disable the firewall (or possible the default windows firewall if its enabled), and test the ports then. If it works with the firewall off, you need to punch holes in it to allow for the specific ports.

 

[chimpy]

Originally posted by: nweaver
1. Check the scope of your DHCP on your router

Erm... how do I do that? I've tried google, but it's all very complicated, at least for me. Sorry!

When I do the ''start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all'' as suggested by jlazzaro, this is what I see: http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/4697/2005676929080782425_rs.jpg

Thank you for both of your time so far btw.

 

[nweaver]

eh....log into your router. If you don't know how, then I would RTFM on your router very first off.

 

[chimpy]

yeah I know how to log in (192.168.2.1). This is what I see: http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/3258/2001552547928603253_rs.jpg

Does anything there allow me to ''Check the scope of my DHCP on my router''?