Port Forwarding Filemaker Pro

I'm using Filemaker Pro 8 with two computers on a LAN. I know how to share my database between the two computers, however I would like to have my firewall on while i'm doing it. I've tried forwarding ports 80 and 591, which are the two i've read i need to forward to share filemaker, neither of them seem to be working when my firewall is on. Obviously turning my firewall on and off every time i'd like to share my database defeats the purpose of having the firewall. Is there another port that needs forwarding or something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
17" iMac G5, 1.5GB Ram and 20" iMac G4, 768 RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Ports 80 and 591 are for web use only and won't help with sharing FileMaker to FileMaker. For this you need to ensure that the following Ports are open on your firewall
Port 5003 TCP and UDP
Port 50006 TCP
Port 50003 TCP
If you want more info on this go to Filemakers Knowledge base for info
Good Luck

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Port Forwarding for Filemaker Pro on Airport Extreme

I really don't know what I'm doing - I'm trying to get my Instant Web for Filemaker to work - It was set up on my MacBook Pro and then I moved everything to this iMac and now it's not working. I do know that the port for FM Pro is 591. I have it set up in FM Pro sharing and it gives me an IP address that should work. Which, by the way, it does inside my network, but not from outside. So, I need to know how to set up the Port Forwarding on my Apple Extreme to make this work.

I don't use FM, but do port forwards on AE for my private website using DynDNS
Go to Applications >> Utilities >> AirPort Utility >> pick your AE and click Manual Setup button
Go to Advanced >> Port Mapping >> click the PLUS to add a new port fwd
Leave the Service drop down as is
Set public TCP and private TCP fields to 591
Set the private IP to the IP address of your iMac as your AE assigned it - I assume that your AE will have 10.0.1.1 and your iMac will be 10.0.1.X - not sure whether you use DHCP and let AE do the work or manually assign private IPs yourself
Give it a description in the next window. Not sure about advertising via Bonjour - I'd try both.
If you don't know what private IP your iMac has, go to applications >> utilities >> Terminal app and type this command: ifconfig
You'll see something like this. In my case, since I use Ethernet to connect my mac to AE router, the en0 is my active connection and my private IP is 10.0.1.12 as shown below. If you use WiFi, you'r main connection will be en1
Last login: Sun Mar 13 20:52:12 on console
Mac-mini:~ jiri$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 fd75:7419:92a9:cab8:226:4aff:fe15:f970 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0 mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:26:4a:15:f9:70
inet6 fe80::226:4aff:fe15:f970%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
*inet 10.0.1.12* netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>)
status: active
en1: flags=8823<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:26:08:ec:4f:fa
media: autoselect (<unknown type>)
status: inactive
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 00:26:4a:ff:fe:15:f9:70
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactive
utun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::226:4aff:fe15:f970%utun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
inet6 fd00:6587:52d7:85:226:4aff:fe15:f970 prefixlen 64
Mac-mini:~ jiri$
Let me know, if it works...

Port forwarding for Filemaker network

I want to set up my computer as a host for Filemaker Pro networking. I have 2 other remote computer locations I want to share my FM database file. I am about to purchase a new AEBS for my router.
Instructions from FM forum was to forward port 5003 on my router & use no-ip.com (to track my dynamic IP address) to get a specific domain name for the remote computers to find when they select Open Remote.
Reading some of these posts sounds like the AEBS makes this easier. Is the port mapping same as port forwarding? Does the reserve IP address capability negate the need for the no-ip.com service?
Would appreciate the step-by-step process I need to do this.

Is the port mapping same as port forwarding?
Yes, both terms are used interchangeably and mean the same thing.
Does the reserve IP address capability negate the need for the no-ip.com service?
No. Reserving an IP address is a means to instruct the DHCP service on the router to "save" a specific Private IP address for a device on the local network. No-IP.com is a service that basically tracks the dynamic Public IP address of your modem or router and provides you with a "static" URL address to access it from the Internet. A similar service to No-IP.com would be DynDNS.
Accessing a server on the local network from a remote client would require that the client knows the Public IP address and port(s) required to access that server. Servers, like yours that are behind a firewall, must either use port mapping (port forwarding) or be configured to be in a DMZ which would completely expose them to the Internet. Port mapping reduces that risk to only allow predefined ports to be open to the Internet.
Since most consumers have Internet service with comes with a dynamic (changing) Public IP address, just knowing what it is at any given time won't help in the long run. This is where services, like No-IP come in. Typically they will give you a client utility that you would run on your computer. This utility will provide them with an update every time your ISP changes your Public IP address ... or you may be required to do this manually. They will also provide you with a URL to use instead of using the Public IP address.
To setup port mapping on an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to one of the LAN port of the AEBSn, and then use the AirPort Utility, in Manual Setup, to make these settings:
1. Reserve a DHCP-provided Private IP address for the Filemaker Pro server.
Internet > DHCP tab
o On the DHCP tab, click the "+" (Add) button to enter DHCP Reservations.
o Description: <enter the desired description of the host device>
o Reserve address by: MAC Address
o Click Continue.
o MAC Address: <enter the MAC hardware address of the host computer's Ethernet or wireless depending on how it accesses the network>
o IPv4 Address: <enter the desired Private IP address you want to assign to the host>
o Click Done.
2. Setup Port Mapping on the AEBSn.
Advanced > Port Mapping tab
o Click the "+" (Add) button
o Service: <choose the appropriate service from the Service pop-up menu or leave blank>
o Public UDP Port(s): <enter the appropriate UDP port values>
o Public TCP Port(s): <enter the appropriate TCP port values>
o Private IP Address: <enter the IP address of the host server>
o Private UDP Port(s): <enter the same as Public UDP Ports or your choice>
o Private TCP Port(s): <enter the same as Public TCP Ports or your choice>
o Click "Continue"

Port Forwarding to Mac Pro with 2 different internet connections

I have my Mac Pro connected to the back of my cable modem. I have given this service the name "Cable" in my network preferences. The details are:
IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.100
Subnet: 255.255.248.0
Router: xxx.xxx.xxx.1
I have the other Ethernet port of my Mac Pro connected to the back of my Airport Extreme which runs ADSL+ from another ISP. I have called this service "ADSL". The details for this connection are:
IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.188
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
I run a calibre server on the Mac Pro and on my PC (the PC is directly plugged into the back of the Airport Extreme). I have a Dyndns service that works on the address of the Airport Extreme base station.
I can access the PC's calibre server via the mobile network but NOT the Mac's. Even though I have port forwarding to the Mac's reserved IP address of 188, I can't access the server. I can access it on my iphone/ipad via WIFI but not from the mobile network.
If in my Network preferences I change the order of the services i.e. make the ADSL the top service and cable the second, I CAN access the server from the mobile network. It works as it should. If I change the order so that the Cable service is on top, I can't access the server again.
Why does this happen? Can I fix this? Do I need to set up another Dyndns service on my Mac Pro?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am going to post this as a new post as well because I'm not sure whether the people that were so helpful last time will know that I have updated the post.

Just installed TeamViewer and we're using that. Works great.

Port forwarding using Transmission & Mac Pro

I do a lot of film editing for various clients and make my work available to a host of individuals via torrents using Transmission 2.84. Some complain my client (Transmission) is not connectable and they are not able to directly connect.
To fix this problem I'm told I need to perform port forwarding but I am lost as how to do so.
I'm on a Mac Pro with built-in Airport Extreme using Yosemite. Some advice has been to open System prefs > Security >> Firewall and make sure "Set access for specific services and applications" is selected then click the + button and select Transmission from my Applications folder then make sure the pull down menus is set to "Allow incoming connections".
The problem here is that I find nothing under Firewall offering the "Set access...", just the option to turn on/off Firewall. I turned it off but still no success.
How exactly (step by step would be helpful) do I set up port forwarding using the above machine and torrent application?

I do have exactly 1 computer. The computer came with an internal AirPort Extreme card. The machine is sharing a self-assigned IP address to provide an internal WiFi connection with an HP Printer.
Inserting the IP address takes me to a Comcast Business Gateway screen asking for User Name and Password.
Looking up Name/Password for AirPort Extreme models I get this:
Model
Default Username
Default Password
AirPort Base Station (Graphite) 2
(none)
public
Airport Base Station (Dual Ethernet) 2
n/a
password
Airport Extreme Base Station 2
n/a
admin
airport5 1.0.09
root
admin
AirPortExtreme
NONE
NONE
I also tried the suggested Comcast and Comcast Home Networking router name/pwd. I do not find a name/pwd for a Comcast business router.
All are rebuffed as incorrect.
Here is AirPort Extreme info:
Card Type:
AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Firmware Version:
Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
MAC Address:
00:1c:b3:ff:5a:a8
Locale:
FCC
Country Code:
X0
Supported PHY Modes:
802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Status:
Connected
Am I just using the AirPort Extreme card to provide the self-assigned IP address for WiFi and the actual internet connection is being handled by the business router provided by Comcast?
How do I overcome this hurdle?

What is the correct process to set up Port Forwarding for a Falco LX4 Pro DVR serurity system

What is the correct process to port forward ports to view my Falco LX4Pro DVR security system on the Airport Extreme Base Station. I have forwarded ports 80, 5050, 6050, and 7050 per the AE documentation, but all I get is a message saying the ports are closed. Not sure what I may be missing.

This wouldn't seen to be an iTunes issue. I'd suggest asking in the Airport forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/wireless/airport
Regards.

Port forwarding for airport utility 5.6.1

Hi,
The previous version of airport utility had a simple tab "port mapping" that allowed me to forward ports so that various servers running on my machine could be accessible via outside of my WAN/LAN. However, when using the latest version, I don't see anything related to port mapping, the closest I found was an IPv6 Firewall-- which I am not certain is what I am looking for......
Ultimately, I have a development web server that I run on port 3000, and I want this to be accessible from the outside world--- and also I would like VNC guests to be able to do screen sharing / remote access which I believe is through port 5900... How can I make these two things accessible through my standard IPv4 address?
Thank you.

Tesserax, you seem to be the Airport Extreme guru. Been trying to find answers on forums all day so as not to duplicate a post. Also tried to find a way to contact you directly so as not to get off topic here...but couldn't see an option.
Running Airport Extreme Version 7.6.1. Hosting a FileMaker Pro 10 file on a PowerPC on my home network (ISP is TimeWarner ...ugh). Need to publish this file to the URL the gent that hosts my site has pointed at my public IP addy here on my home network.
Created DHCP Reservation by MAC Address for the machine hosting to achieve static IP. Have opened ports 80 and 5003 (filemaker) in Port Mapping. Both pointing at the IP addy of that same machine hosting the file. Some discussions have said to make the end of IP .201 or higher for port forwarding so I've done so.
Port checkers all say these ports are still closed. Time Warner has told me they are not blocking either of these ports and that my modem does not have a firewall holding things up—they say the prob is with my router settings.
I should probably also mention that I used to successfully forward these ports and host/access this file via the URL (same ISP and domain host etc. then as currently).
Obviously posting here because none of this is working. Have looked over the links and docs you regularly reply with—hoping you may have other wisdom to give us. Thanks in advance.

Is it impossible to port forward on an express?

I have tried to figure this out for a very long time. After a few hours I have to do other things and get back to it after some weeks or even months. I really need some help. thank you.
Every discussion I find gives instructions that simply do not exist when I open my Airport Utility. I've finally come to the conclusion that the Airport Express can't be configured to forward the port 5003 and access my computer's FileMaker Pro database with it.
1. Is this true? do I have to buy an AEBS simply to port forward?
2. If I have to switch, then how do I plug in my stereo? Do I have to have both?
3. Why can't I do this? I really find it hard to believe that Apple would make a router that can't be configured.
Maybe I'm wrong
All I know is that the answers I find are either woefully out of date or give me instructions that I can't follow because there is no tab by the name in the instructions. Is there some other new exciting thing I can use to do what I need? Does Apply have a quick and simple solution that I don't know about?
I just need to access my files remotely.
thank you

Thanks, Bob, but I purchased a static IP address, and it's supposed to be assigned to the AX. When I check "what's my IP" through a website the correct IP is returned. I'm thinking that means I don't use DHCP at all, but do everything manually, which I've done.
I have called comcast, and they say when they ping my AX at that address, it returns a signal, so they can't help me if I still can't connect to it. They say it is getting through their modem and must be a setting on my AX router.
I can go into the modem and I've tried port forwarding it too, but that still won't connect to my server machine.
So I've tried it on bridge mode with the modem forwarding to ports, and not bridge mode, but, "sharing a static IP" with AX forwarding to ports, and neither works. I really just do not know what to do.
Filemaker pro will publish to the internet but it only gives me the LAN IP address when I publish. using the static IP gets me "unable to connect to server" error.
I also want to access the file remotely using my iphone app for Filemaker, and that doesn't work with any IP address I try.
These 2 things are advertised as features of FM, and their site can't help either. I don't know how anyone makes this work.

Filemaker Pro 11 - some useful new features

Just upgraded from Filemaker Pro 9 to 11. There are some useful new features listed at: http://www.filemaker.com.au/products/filemaker-pro/whats-new.html
At last I will be able to generate charts from datasets, without needing an add-on.
I have been using the ancient DOS software Open Access (no relation to MS Access) for charting relational SQL databases since 1987. I still use Open Access within DOSBOX for OS X for some complex data processing tasks. Tips at
http://users.tpg.com.au/aoaug/mac_vpc.html

I am not an expert in Filemaker But I have been playing with it quite a bit recently. It sounds like you have opened some of the ports required but not all. All IWP is a webpage that is hosted (by the sounds of it) on your local machine you will need to make sure all required ports are open like port 80 for http. I would start by setting the default host on the airport using the airport utility.
You will want to set this as the ip for the computer that has filemaker on it.
Airport Utility > Network > Network Options
You may also want to make sure you reserve this ip in the DHCP reservations section.
If the IWP page works with this set up then you can work your way backwards opening the required ports ( have a look at this http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6427/~/filemaker-server-and-fi lemaker-server-advanced-port-numbers )
I had lots of problems with IWP but installing the server add on sorted this. The advantage to this is that the server add on configures your airport to use the machine as a server.
Dropbox, log me in, back to my mac are slightly different from what you are doing. They are apps which are open and communicating with their respective servers. When you want to host a web site or even just VNC into a mchine you have to have the ports set to forward accordingly, this is because an outside machine is attempting to initiate the contact. This is what the firewalls and security that comes with modern routers are designed to prevent.
I hope I have helped, I can see your question is quite old. I saw your topic whilst looking to solve a problem my own.

How to set up port forwarding on extreme with NAS

I've purchased a NAS (Synology DS211j with 2 caviar HD) over a month ago. Setting up the NAS for wireless connection locally was easy. I've been trying for 3 weeks on how to set-up port forwarding on my airport extreme base. I''ve researched and read countless threads on port forwarding and still cannot grasp the concept and the step by step provided. I need somebody that's patient enough to hand hold and guide me through this frustrating problem.
Equipment:
Comcast cable modem connected into Airport Extreme Base
Synology DS211j connected to Airport Extreme Base
Problem:
Cannot connect to my DiskStation via internet from wherever
confused whether to use FTP or Personal file sharing or whatever is the most suitable for my needs
Just need to access files on my DiskStation view/upload/download from wherever I'm at, whether on PC or Macbook Pro
Thanks in advance!
Marcus

Here are the basic steps to configure your NAS for port mapping:
AEBSn - Port Mapping Setup
To setup port mapping on an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to one of the LAN port of the AEBSn, and then use the AirPort Utility, in Manual Setup, to make these settings:
1. Reserve a DHCP-provided IP address for the host device.
AirPort Utility > Select the AEBSn > Manual Setup > Internet > DHCP tab
On the DHCP tab, click the "+" (Add) button to enter DHCP Reservations.
Description: <enter the desired description of the host device>
Reserve address by: MAC Address
Click Continue.
MAC Address: <enter the MAC (what Apple calls Ethernet ID if you are using wired or AirPort ID if wireless) hardware address of the host computer>
IPv4 Address: <enter the desired IP address>
Click Done.
2. Setup Port Mapping on the AEBSn.
AirPort Utility > Select the AEBSn > Manual Setup >Advanced > Port Mapping tab
Click the "+" (Add) button
Service: <choose the appropriate service from the Service pop-up menu>
Public UDP Port(s): <enter the appropriate UDP port values>
Public TCP Port(s): <enter the appropriate TCP port values>
Private IP Address: <enter the IP address of the host server>
Private UDP Port(s): <enter the same as Public UDP Ports or your choice>
Private TCP Port(s): <enter the same as Public TCP Ports or your choice>
Click "Continue"
(ref: "Well Known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products)

Time Capsule disconnects internet when using web server through port forwarding

My current config is: 2TB Time Capsule running 7.6.3, Mac Pro running Lion (10.7.5), MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion (10.8.3), and a couple of MacBook Pro Retinas running Mountain Lion. My current ISP is Comcast.
I have the Time Capsule set up to port forward port 80 to the Mac Pro for the purpose of running a web server. Most of the traffic is shuttling fairly large m4v files back and forth to work (work product from video editing work). I can reach the webserver on the Mac Pro just fine from the outside world, and can list files in the directory just fine. When I initiate a download (via right click on a link, "Save As..." or whatever), the Time Capsule reports that the Internet has been disconnected, and all machines inside my network lose access to the outside world. I have to either power cycle the Time Capsule, or disconnect/reconnect the Cat-6 cable between the cable modem and the Time Capsule to re-establish the connection. Interestingly, the download continues and completes on the other end without issue (so, the connection is actually still there!).
Before switching to Comcast, I was on AT&T Uverse - Uverse includes a router, so I had the TIme Capsule set up in Bridge Mode. That worked fine. I also have an older 500GB 1st generation Time Capsule. I set it up with the same config as my 2TB TC, and it shows the exact same behavior - internet disconnects upon initiating a file download through a forwarded port. I then hooked the Mac Pro up directly to the cable modem. I can initiate a download without issue, and I continue to stay connected to the Internet without problem. Called Comcast anyway - they report no errors on the line, but reset the whole device chain anyway. No change in behaviors.
I tried downgrading the Time Capsule software to 7.6.2 (the earliest version that came on it). No dice, same behavior.
So... I called Apple. Complete and utter FAIL. Apple Support reports that they have no training in the port forwarding features of the Time Capule or Airport products, and cannot help me resolve the issue because of that. So, I have a $300 router that apparently cannot perform a simple routing function (download through a forwarded port), that I cannot troubleshoot (because Airport software v7 is an epic fail in that regard), made by a company who cannot support it - and everything this $300 device is doing can be done by a $50 device with a $100 external hard drive?
Do I understand this situation correctly? What have I missed in trying to troubleshoot this thing?

Apple Support reports that they have no training in the port forwarding features of the Time Capule or Airport products, and cannot help me resolve the issue because of that. So, I have a $300 router that apparently cannot perform a simple routing function (download through a forwarded port), that I cannot troubleshoot (because Airport software v7 is an epic fail in that regard), made by a company who cannot support it - and everything this $300 device is doing can be done by a $50 device with a $100 external hard drive?
Do I understand this situation correctly? What have I missed in trying to troubleshoot this thing?
Excellent summary.. I think you have covered all the salient points most thoroughly.
Port forwarding on the TC I would put into the category of "epic fail"
I have a nasty feeling it just doesn't work in many cases. Clearly from your situation the port is forwarded correctly.. it is the actual download that is causing the device to crash.. which is probably not the port forwarding itself that is at fault but rather the external link and opening another port for the download to happen.
Many of the issues were caused by using icloud and btmm.. which would work a lot better btw. Although the hassle there is needing to offer that as a service to any Tom Dick or Harry.
Let me suggest a work around or other things to try.
I also have an older 500GB 1st generation Time Capsule. I set it up with the same config as my 2TB TC, and it shows the exact same behavior - internet disconnects upon initiating a file download through a forwarded port.
Use 5.6 utility.. more info below. And take the firmware of this unit (Gen1) back to 7.5.2 (before icloud mess ups in 7.6).
You can go back to 7.5 firmware also in Gen4 TC if it is more than about 14months old.. Simply hold down the option key when you select firmware and the old versions will show up. If your TC came with 7.6.1 (the 7.6.2 was withdrawn as it was even bigger failure than 7.6.3). then you cannot go back.
You might also find downloading via http is not as reliable as using FTP.. FTP is a better and more efficient protocol. It should be no problem to setup ftp server on the mac pro to allow download via ftp even with a browser.
But in the end.. your $50 router suggestion.. well perhaps a little more than that.. $80-100 will work very well.. also this router can be setup with a Hard Disk and offer the files to the internet via FTP.. without needing full network access to your internal network.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 (now 6.2 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

I want to be able to view data created with filemaker pro on my muse site

I have created a muse site and would like to include a page that has five drop down menus on it that pull from a (preferably filemaker pro) database. The idea being, that each dropdown determines where the next set of data is pulled from in the database.
I have spent some time looking around and seen a lot of information about business catalyst etc but have not seen a clear and definitive answer.
Can anybody point me in the right direction?
Many thanks in advance!

Thank you Anshul, much appreciated. I will look into trying this! Ill get back to you. Thanks for the link too. Ill take the following(see below) from it and try that out too!
"Late to the party but I've worked with filemaker pro in the past and the BC API extensively.
Filemaker pro is well filemaker pro, it's meant for little commercial ventures or organizing your CD collections, anything business with over 20,000 records I would use or get something else (like BC). Even MS acesss is better, although harder to use, filemaker is also prone to database corruption so you need to backup.
For automation, filemaker pro has ODBC connect-ability so you can directly access the data stored within it, piping data in or out or to the BC API if you wanted. Since filemaker pro is a self contained local app (and if I were building something) I would build a little local tool app you could launch and import / export the data for you based on your business rules or what you were trying to automate, this could be automated if you wanted to do something like that.
If you or anyone is interested, it's relatively straight forward working with ODBC since it's base is SQL to get to the data. Just need the business logic on what you want to achieve."

Port forwarding but can only connect to wifi in Bridge Mode

Hi
Our ISP is TalkTalk and we use their Fibre service which connects through a BT Open Reach Modem. The TalkTalk router seemed to causing drop outs in wifi on my macbook pro so I bought an Airport Time Capsule for the wifi router and to back up my mac.
We aren't issued with PPPoE details and the advice from the TalkTalk community was to connect with the Router in Bridge Mode. This has worked a treat with the various Apple and non Apple items we have in out house except one.
We have security cameras which we control through a Windows laptop and can view one out phones. To make this happen we have to set up port forwarding. However, we can't do this as it's in Bridge Mode (as far as I understand).
I'm afraid my knowledge of these things is very basic so I'm hoping that someone will have an easy answer to this. Anyone got any advice on how I can make this pretty white box do its stuff please?
Thanks in advance!

No idea what a double NAT is but you clearly do so here goes...
traceroute 8.8.8.8 on the mac gives as follows:
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 6.246 ms 2.840 ms 2.875 ms
2 89-168-80-1.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (89.168.80.1) 14.513 ms 14.967 ms 20.831 ms
3 host-78-151-225-23.static.as13285.net (78.151.225.23) 19.752 ms 20.399 ms 28.106 ms
4 host-78-151-229-12.as13285.net (78.151.229.12) 19.760 ms
    host-78-151-225-140.static.as13285.net (78.151.225.140) 18.391 ms
    host-78-151-225-136.static.as13285.net (78.151.225.136) 18.467 ms
5 host-78-144-8-11.as13285.net (78.144.8.11) 29.582 ms
    host-78-144-8-53.as13285.net (78.144.8.53) 31.276 ms
    host-78-144-8-5.as13285.net (78.144.8.5) 27.278 ms
6 72.14.214.222 (72.14.214.222) 37.593 ms 25.132 ms
    72.14.242.127 (72.14.242.127) 30.195 ms
7 209.85.252.188 (209.85.252.188) 27.070 ms
    209.85.252.186 (209.85.252.186) 77.680 ms
    209.85.252.188 (209.85.252.188) 24.477 ms
8 209.85.253.90 (209.85.253.90) 24.506 ms
    209.85.253.196 (209.85.253.196) 29.255 ms
    209.85.253.90 (209.85.253.90) 26.403 ms
9 66.249.95.173 (66.249.95.173) 41.521 ms
    72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 35.473 ms 30.789 ms
10 209.85.251.231 (209.85.251.231) 30.069 ms
    216.239.49.45 (216.239.49.45) 31.578 ms
    209.85.252.83 (209.85.252.83) 31.383 ms
11 * * *
12 google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8) 38.442 ms 30.063 ms 30.282 ms
traceroute 8.8.8.8 on the mac plugged into the HG533 gives as follows:
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 0.999 ms 0.679 ms 0.668 ms
2 89-168-80-1.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (89.168.80.1) 13.577 ms 12.817 ms 13.668 ms
3 host-78-151-225-23.static.as13285.net (78.151.225.23) 16.828 ms 15.490 ms 24.315 ms
4 host-78-151-225-140.static.as13285.net (78.151.225.140) 18.755 ms
    host-78-151-225-30.static.as13285.net (78.151.225.30) 20.538 ms
    78.151.229.0 (78.151.229.0) 19.488 ms
5 host-78-144-8-29.as13285.net (78.144.8.29) 23.690 ms
    host-78-144-8-39.as13285.net (78.144.8.39) 26.756 ms
    host-78-144-8-59.as13285.net (78.144.8.59) 23.145 ms
6 72.14.242.127 (72.14.242.127) 24.608 ms 26.403 ms
    72.14.214.222 (72.14.214.222) 22.601 ms
7 209.85.255.78 (209.85.255.78) 26.205 ms 23.783 ms
    209.85.252.186 (209.85.252.186) 25.291 ms
8 209.85.253.94 (209.85.253.94) 25.553 ms
    209.85.253.196 (209.85.253.196) 58.607 ms 31.902 ms
9 66.249.95.173 (66.249.95.173) 49.369 ms
    72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 32.418 ms 32.654 ms
10 72.14.238.43 (72.14.238.43) 34.146 ms
    209.85.252.83 (209.85.252.83) 34.292 ms
    216.239.49.45 (216.239.49.45) 29.860 ms
11 * * *
12 google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8) 36.619 ms 36.902 ms 29.731 ms
Hope this gives the result we're after

Port Forwarding for Xbox Live

My eyes are burning from trolling the boards all day. Just picked up an AEBS (12:33 PM CST, 4/20/08), firmware's at 7.3.1, connected the ol' xbox and got a "moderate" on my NAT test. Thats fine, totally expected, no big deal, right? So here's what I do:
1. Assign static ip ads to all machines on the network (xbox is 10.0.1.3)
2. Check to see if NAT is enabled in airport utility: Yep.
3. Enter in the ports as usual:
Public UDP Port(s): 88,3074
Public TCP Port(s): 3074
Private IP Address: 10.0.1.3
Private UDP Port(s): 88,3074
Private TCP Port(s): 3074
The above, BTW, is exact as far as commas and spaces go.
4. Update!
Then, NAT test= Moderate.
OK, it'd be nice if there was a standardized way to forward ports on all routers, I think, no big deal, just need to do a little tinkering.
I put a space after the comma between 88 and 3074, i.e., instead of 88,3074 I did 88, 3074. Moderate. I tried putting a dash in there (88-3074) wouldn't even let me do that, but of course we all already knew that. Tried rearranging all the ports randomly (3074,88). Nope. Well, even though I just gave the machine a static ip address, might as well try a DHCP lease: enter Airport ID. Nothing. Try it again with Ethernet ID. Nothing. I've got an idea, I'll make multiple separate port mapping profiles:
xbox 1: Public UDP Port(s): 88...
xbox 2: Public UDP Port(s): 3074...etc.
NAT test= Moderate.
Hmm, Oh they make port forwarding management software? Lighthouse, eh? I'll try that...oh, it doesn't do anything: Moderate.
I tried a bunch of other things that I knew would be futile, but I've been working on this thing for a couple of hours now and I can't remember them...Oh and by the way, for those not familiar with xbox live: "Moderate"= not good.
I'll telepathically make you feel better if you can help me out.
Love ya,
Boo

Thanks for the prompt reply Duane. Just to clarify: I need another wireless router? I thought airport express was one. I was trying to configure the ports of the airport express's basestation. My connection system is:
-An ADSL 2mbps connection that comes into my home from a phone line and into a D-link GLB 802C modem
-This connects to an Airport Express
-My macbook pro uses the net through the wifi signal provided
-I connect the macbook pro to the xbox through an ethernet cable (mainly because it's far from the adsl router)
I have read that one can forward ports with airport express...

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I have always used netgear routers in the past. After a series of issues regarding configurations not working correctly I invested in what appeared to be a semi pro router, the cisco linksys e4200.
I have a centralized server which I use to access a mass of different services such as mail, dns, VPN, FTP, Kerberos, http and many more. While I am not a massive networking nerd, this server setup is like my garage project. To access these services externally to my LAN as far as I understand I would need to configure port forwarding for each service to my server. Unfortunately the control panel for the linksys E4200 only offers about 15 custom port fields for forwarding, and some documentation I have read shows that with it's basic install my server could be using up to 60 ports at once.
Is this router just not suitable for this sort of network. If so I will be very disappointed because I have spent a quarter of the price on netgear routers with more control than this.
If anybody could assist with details and options I would greatly appreciate it

Wrong forum, use "small business routers".

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