Port Forwarding Help

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Port Forwarding Help

Post by Losing_grip »

Ok after reading guides in Portforwading.com


It said that i should set an static ip for my computer before forwarding ports.
Is there any program that would set static ip for you? Im at my room and have wireless receiver usb , Windows XP Prof , My Router Model is Dlink DIR-300. Can somebody show me some Easy Setting Static IP? If so , thanks. Here's my IP/Config all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 223f580cbcfb42b
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-95-94-53

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-10-69-8E-D2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:55:16 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:55:16 PM


C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan>


Having problem using "Rats" because of this port forwarding thing. :(


Any reply would count as a big help. Thanks.

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Post by bad_brain »

you receive a public IP from your ISP once you connect to the internet, so only your ISP can give you a static one. an option would be to use a dynamic dns provider that routes requests to your box, take a look here:
http://www.dyndns.com/

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Your ISP can give you a static IP but you need to pay a bit more. My ISP has only static IP''s so I do not have a choice! 8O
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dynamic IP routing to 'static' webhost

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Hmm You can still do port forwarding, but it is just you'll lose all your settings when you log-off from your ISP. Find your IP that you have _right now_ and use that in your port forwarding setup. Just remember, its temporary.

So it depends what you wanted to do, run a game server for a few hours, a day? Or..?

A good link for tuts and how-tos here
http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm

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B_B's tip is also worthy, here is more on it

http://www.dyndns.com/support/kb/dynami ... ndows.html
Instead of paying for web hosting, you can run your own web server on your own cable or DSL line on your home computer. Since many ISPs do not offer static IP addresses or charge extra, you can setup dynamic DNS through DynDNS to achieve the same result. You can then give your friends or anyone else the hostname and they should always be able to access your website.
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DynDNS offers two flavors of dynamic DNS. One is Dynamic DNS (clever name) and the other is Custom DNS. Dynamic DNS allows you have a hostname like yourname.dyndns.org always point to your IP address. Custom DNS allows you to setup a domain, like www.yourname.com to point to your IP address. Custom DNS is a paid service and Dynamic DNS is free
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