Port Forwarding

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Linksys® Routers Edition

1.What is Port Forwarding?

2.How to Port Forward?

3.How to Port Trigger? (Alternative Way)

4.How to determine your private IP?

Credits

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This Port Forwarding guide is written by NeCrOs.

•It can be used for referring, printing and distributing purposes only.

•No any form of editing is allowed.

•At any one time, credits must be given to me solely.

What is Port Forwarding?

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Port Forwarding is opening port(s) for specific use. Ports are usually closed to prevent hackers from making use of them to hack into your system. Usually we do Port Forwarding for gaming or file sharing purposes.

Game: WCIII

Port : 6112

Your Computer

Router

6112 Port Closed

This makes you unable to host games in WCIII.

How to Port Forward?

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1. Open your Internet Explorer browser.

2. Type in ‘192.168.1.1’ in your address bar.

3. Leave it blank for the username. Type ‘admin’ * for the password.

*If your router is running in its defaulted settings. If you changed the password, use the changed password.

Router Model

admin

Username: Blank

Password: ‘admin’ *

How to Port Forward?

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4. Click ‘Applications & Gaming’

How to Port Forward?

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5. Add the port to be forwarded into this application form.

E.g. Application Name (Warcraft III), Designated Port (6112), Protocol (TCP/UDP), Specific PC’s private IP address ** (192.168.1.100), Enabled (Ticked)

** I will teach you how to determine your private IP in the later slides.

How to Port Forward?

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6. Click Save Settings. You are almost done.

7. Execute your program (Warcraft III) and host a map.

8. Enjoy your game together!

NOTE: If these does not work for you, it means

1. Your router’s Port Forwarding might be malfunctioning, try an alternative way which I will teach you later on.

2. You might not have a proper network connection.

3. There might be FIREWALL in your computer that is blocking the port. Configure it to allow the specific port.

4. It might not be the problem of yours but the problem of the other party.

5. Your router might be spoilt.

How to Port Trigger?

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1. Open your Internet Explorer browser.

2. Type in ‘192.168.1.1’ in your address bar.

3. Leave it blank for the username. Type ‘admin’ * for the password.

*If your router is running in its defaulted settings. If you changed the password, use the changed password.

Router Model

admin

Username: Blank

Password: ‘admin’ *

How to Port Trigger?

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4. Click ‘Applications & Gaming’

How to Port Trigger?

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5. Click ‘Port Range Triggering’

How to Port Trigger?

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6. Add the port to be triggered and forwarded into this application form.

E.g. Application Name (Warcraft III), Triggered Range (6112), Forwarded Range (6112), Enabled (Ticked)

How to Port Trigger?

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6. Click Save Settings. You are almost done.

7. Execute your program (Warcraft III) and host a map.

8. Enjoy your game together!

Port Triggering’s Advantages over Port Forwarding

1. It is easier to configure.

2. Port triggered applies for all computers associated to the router but for once instance only. (The computer which need the port first will get it while the others will remain closed. This is because all the ports are for 1 public IP address only.)

3. You do not need to constantly edit your Port Forwarding parameters if your router is servicing more than 1 PC. (If your router is servicing more than 1 PC, it might assign the specific port forwarded private IP address to the other PC.)

How to determine your private IP?

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1. Click ‘Start’.

2. Click ‘Run…’.

3. Type in ‘cmd’ in the Open section. CMD is the Command Prompt.

4. Type ‘ipconfig’ into the Command Prompt and enter.

5. You can see your computer’s specific private IP address now. 192.168.1.100 in my case.

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Thanks?If this guide offers you great help in Port Forwarding your router and you wish to repay me, you can, by

1. Help spreading these slides to people who do not know how to Port Forward their Linksys® Routers.

2. Support Citymaul TD. It can be downloaded at http://www.freewebs.com/citymaul and help hosting it. It is a Warcraft III Tower Defense Map.