Port Forwarding What is Port Forwarding? Port forwarding (sometimes referred to as tunneling) is the act of forwarding a network port from one network node to another. This technique can allow an external user to reach a port on a private IP address (inside a LAN) from the outside via a NAT-enabled router.
Port forwarding allows remote computers (e.g. public machines on the Internet) to connect to a specific computer within a private LAN.
For a more detailed and basic explantion of what port forwarding is, go here. Select your Router For DLink DSL-502T- First of all, you need to set up a static IP for your LAN Card. To do this, follow this link.
- Now open your router configuration page in your web browser. You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now. By default both the username and password are admin. Click the Ok button to log in to your router.
- Click the Advanced link near the top of the page. The menu on the left should change. In this new menu, click Port Forwarding.
- Now you need to know the ports which you need to forward. These are different for different programs. To know what ports to forward, open the program you need to forward ports for (for example, a BitTorrent Client, a game etc). Now check the Options/Preferences/Settings Menu. Most probably, here you will be able to find the ports which you need to forward for that particular program. Note down these port numbers.
- Enter the name of the program into the Rule Name box. It doesn't really matter what you put into this box, but something that will remind you why these ports are being forwarded would be a good idea. Enter the ip address to forward these ports to into the Private IP box. If you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on your computer, you should enter your computer's ip address into that box. Use the Protocol drop down box to select the protocol type of the ports you are forwarding. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that port number into the Port Start, Port Map and the Port End boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the Port Start, Port Map box. Then enter the highest number of that range into the Port End box. When you are finished, click the Apply button.
- That's It! You're Done!
For UT-300R2U - First of all, you need to set up a static IP for your LAN Card. To do this, follow this link.
- Now open your router configuration page in your web browser. You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now. By default both the username and password are admin. Click the Ok button to log in to your router.
- In the left panel, click on Advanced Setup >> NAT >> Virtual Servers.
- Now you need to know the ports which you need to forward. These are different for different programs. To know what ports to forward, open the program you need to forward ports for (for example, a BitTorrent Client, a game etc). Now check the Options/Preferences/Settings Menu. Most probably, here you will be able to find the ports which you need to forward for that particular program. Note down these port numbers.
- Click on Add.
- Now, in the 'Server Name' section, check if the program for which yo want to forward ports exists. If it does, then select it, and click on Save/Apply. You're done.
- If you don't see your program on the list, just select 'Custom Server' and add the name of your program manually.
- Add the IP address of your LAN Card in the Server IP address column.
- Now if your program requires a range of ports, for example, from 6720-6724, then enter 6720 in the 'External Port Start' box and 6724 in the 'External Port End' box. Otherwise if your program requires a single port or various scattered ports, just enter the same port number in each column. Remember, you have to enter all the ports required for that particular program in the rows.
- Click on 'Save/Apply'.
- That's it! You're Done!
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