- Jun 28, 2001
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Here's the situation: I have a Speedstream 5667 DSL modem. Behind that, I have an IPCop router. Now, I would like to set this modem up to forward any and all ports to my router. It is not doing this now, and here is how I know.
If I tell my router to forward a certain port to my computer, that port is still unusable even after I make the setting on my IPCop router. To truly forward the port, so that internet traffic can use it, I have to not only forward the port from my router to the correct PC, but I also have to forward the port from my modem to my router. This doesn't make a lot of sense right now - why should I have to tell the modem to forward stuff to my router, when I already told my router to forward stuff. Can I set this modem to some sort of bridge mode or something so that all info goes directly to my router, and then I can have the router - and ONLY the router - do port forwarding and whatnot?
Thanks in advance,
-TGHH-
If I tell my router to forward a certain port to my computer, that port is still unusable even after I make the setting on my IPCop router. To truly forward the port, so that internet traffic can use it, I have to not only forward the port from my router to the correct PC, but I also have to forward the port from my modem to my router. This doesn't make a lot of sense right now - why should I have to tell the modem to forward stuff to my router, when I already told my router to forward stuff. Can I set this modem to some sort of bridge mode or something so that all info goes directly to my router, and then I can have the router - and ONLY the router - do port forwarding and whatnot?
Thanks in advance,
-TGHH-