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Need Help with Port Forwarding! OSX

cinemadude

Junior Member
I'm an Apple tech, but not so much a networking tech. I need an external connection(Apple servers) to communicate with a certain software I have, and this was the instructions that was given to me:

Network Requirement

Network administrator will need to open the traffic for the following ports:

Outbound:

wdg1.apple.com: Port: 443
wdg1-alt.apple.com: Port: 443
wdg2.apple.com: Port: 443
wdg2-alt.apple.com: Port: 443

Inbound: (For connections originated from your network)

wdg1.apple.com: Port: all non-privilege high ports (e.g. > 3,200)
wdg1-alt.apple.com: Port: all non-privilege high ports (e.g. > 3,200)
wdg2.apple.com: Port: all non-privilege high ports (e.g. > 3,200)
wdg2-alt.apple.com: Port: all non-privilege high ports (e.g. > 3,200)

e.g. The above Apple servers will need to be able to reply back on https connection (on random high ports) originated from the AppleConnect client application.

How would I go about setting this up? I know how to access my router and access the port forwarding menu, but I don't know what values to put into which field. I have an AT&T router, for those wondering. 2WIRE, I believe.
 
You put in the IP of the machine you want to fwd the ports.
Like on a LAN, 192.168.1.30 port 300 TCP. That means, I have TCP port 300 open for the machine on 192.168.1.30.
 
You put in the IP of the machine you want to fwd the ports.
Like on a LAN, 192.168.1.30 port 300 TCP. That means, I have TCP port 300 open for the machine on 192.168.1.30.

Thanks for the reply. I think I have the incoming connections down, still confused about the outgoing.

I'm using a port mapping software, how would I configure this? What would go in what field?

Sorry I'm a total noob at networking, but I do want to learn.

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