forwarding ports

[raiden_nrl]

people have been telling me to forward ports 27015 so i can host a listen server for a game (cause i am on a router) how do i forward ports..? does that just mean remove the firewall for those ports?

 

[ag3]

Get into the settings of your router by accessing 192.168.1.1 (in most cases). You will have the option to forward a series of ports, or all of them to a computer on the network (router).

 

[raiden_nrl]

ok well these are the ports i took a picture of the console when i started the server what ports do i need to forward?

And i would also like to show u my router page it doesnt say forward ports anywere....?

 

[Nubius]

bah its hard to say cause we aren't there....post in the right forums and they can probably help you better.

http://www.techist.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=98

Thats the networking and communication forums they will be able to help you.

You should have a tad somewhere that says PORT FORWARDING and you'll need to select it as TCP/IP cause I forgot what the other method is....they tell you to forward whatever your open port is to the 21075 so they can all have a place to get into your computer basically to play the game

 

[ag3]

Click on DMZ. Then choose to forward all ports to your computer (ex.:192.168.1.103). You may have the option to forward a series of ports, but not with DMZ.

 

[ekÆsine]

Don't use DMZ. open only the ports you need for the machine you want to open it for

 

[ag3]

Click on Applications to forward a series of ports. There is nothing wrong with forwarding all ports, just a greater security hazard.