Port Forwarding

[Oli]

So i'm trying to forward my ports so i can run a CSS server off my PC. I am following the instructions from www.portforward.com for my router: http://www.portforward.com/english/r...ter_Strike.htm

My question is...what do i input in the Port Map field? The tutorial shows there being 2 boxes, but i only have one for port map.

[Vreki]

Re: Port Forwarding

So i'm trying to forward my ports so i can run a CSS server off my PC. I am following the instructions from www.portforward.com for my router: http://www.portforward.com/english/r...ter_Strike.htm

My question is...what do i input in the Port Map field? The tutorial shows there being 2 boxes, but i only have one for port map.

Screenshot?
Are you missing Destination Port Start or Destination Port End, or is the field named something else entirely?
If there is no Start and End field you could just try putting the range in the field, like 17000-18000

[Oli]

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I have the start and end ports.

But what do i put in the port map field?

[Vreki]

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Ah, like that.
As I understand it the idea of portforwarding is that you tell the router that a certain port range is handled by a specific computer on your network. That way you can redirect FTP to one computer, Web page request to another etc while outwardly only having the single IP of your router.

So in this case you need to tell it the address of your CSS server. If you have only one computer connected to the router it is likely 192.168.1.2, but you can run "ipconfig" from a command promt to get the exact address.

[Oli]

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I put in 192.168.1.7, which is my internal and CSS server IP but when i click apply, it says error. (Just error, no other messages)

[Vreki]

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The manual for you router says that it has "issues" with other browsers than IE, so give that a try first

[Oli]

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Nope, i used IE and put my IP into Port Map field and it still gave me an error.

[Vreki]

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Nope, i used IE and put my IP into Port Map field and it still gave me an error.

Yes, I read a bit on http://safecom.cn/code/product/adsl/...t-forward.html and can see that Port Map is NOT destination IP.

Are you sure that your router is a Safecom SWART2 54125?

[Oli]

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Its not SWART its the GWART version...From what i have google'd there doesn't seem to be much evidence of an existence of GWART

[Vreki]

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Port mapping doesn't seem to exist either

But I found this thread http://forums.multiplay.co.uk/showthread.php?p=655870
It is not related to neither your game nor your router, but it seems to indicate that the port map field is sometime used to
A) The same as "Port start"
B) IP adress:Port start

Given the length of the field in your screenshot I would guess that it is B) e.g. 192.168.1.7:1234

where 1234 is the start of your port range

[Oli]

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Yeah i found that thread too, and did try the port start.

However i think it has to be a number with no .'s in it like an IP address because when i put the IP address in, it gave me an error.

Plus, the character limit is such that it doesn't allow me to put a port number in after the IP

Edit: I'm looking at the rules that are already set by the router, and it seems that the Port Map is the Start Port.

Ill give it a go again

[Vreki]

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CrapWare
I dont suppose that the "Port Map" hyperlink below the fields leads to any useful information?

So you have tried and failed:

1. 192.168.1.7
2. 192.168.1.7:1234
3. 1234
4. 1234-5678
5. 1234,5678

How about just leaving it blank, it may be optional?

[Oli]

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They're not links. I thought, yes links! Helpfulness! But no

I'm going to try the port map as my port start.

[Oli]

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Not working still. Do i need to do anything with my settings in Window network connections?

[Vreki]

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Do you mean that the router refuse to accept the values, or that you still cant access your CSS server?

You could try putting your server in the DMZ. That will put it on the outside of your firewall, allowing access to everything. Obviously you should only to that for a short test.

There are various tools that you can use to check if anything arrives on your network, like tcpmon https://tcpmon.dev.java.net/ that captures a specific port and forwards it, or wireshark http://www.wireshark.org/ that shows you all network traffic on your computer

ETA. And i killed the buildin windows firewall a long time ago, but that or another software firewall like ZoneAlarm could be a problem too