Help please, with port forwarding settings

I have an MSI RG60 wireless router (Ethernet hard wired to my XP Home PC) and don't know what settings to use for port forwarding, to enable my WinMX and BitTorrent clients to work successfully.
I have the port numbers, and assume that this information goes in the Service Port box, i.e. 6699, or 6881-6889.
I know which ports are TCP and which are UDP, but I don't know what IP address to enter or which Common Service Port type to choose. Can anyone help please?
I'm pretty sure that other settings in my PC are OK as I have successfully been running a Belkin router for a couple of years, and have only replaced it with the new MSI unit due to reliability problems.

It does indeed have port triggering, but it wants incoming and trigger port protocol info, along with trigger and incoming port numbers.
How can I type ipconfig into either of teh clients...WinMx or Bit Torrent?

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Help me with port forwarding please?

Hello all.
I have a Cisco 1605r connected to a cable modem to share my internet connection. I am trying to play a flight sim that requires me to forward 2 udp ports (2934 and 2935) to the PC that I am playing the game on. I tried to add what I thought was the right configuration change but, its still not working. If any of you could review my config and the output from "sh ip nat translations" to help me fix this, I would really appreciate it.
Thank You, Chris
Here we go...
1605r#sh run
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 1804 bytes
version 12.2
no service pad
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
hostname 1605r
enable secret 5
ip subnet-zero
no ip source-route
ip name-server
ip name-server
ip name-server
no ip bootp server
interface Ethernet0
ip address dhcp
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat outside
no cdp enable
interface Ethernet1
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat inside
no cdp enable
ip nat inside source list 1 interface Ethernet0 overload
ip nat inside source static udp 192.168.1.101 2935 interface Ethernet0 2935
ip nat inside source static udp 192.168.1.101 2934 interface Ethernet0 2934
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.101 3724 interface Ethernet0 3724
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.101 6112 interface Ethernet0 6112
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.101 6881 interface Ethernet0 6881
ip classless
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 216.254.117.1
no ip http server
access-list 1 permit 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255
no cdp run
banner login ^CC
^C
line con 0
password
login
line vty 0 4
exec-timeout 0 1
no login
no exec
transport input none
end
And here is the output from
sh ip nat translations | inc 2935
and
sh ip nat translations | inc 2934
x.x.x.x is my dhcp assigned address from my isp:
udp x.x.x.x:2935 192.168.1.101:2935 --- ---
udp x.x.x.x:2934 192.168.1.101:2934 65.49.176.170:1157 65.49.176.170:1157
udp x.x.x.x:2934 192.168.1.101:2934 --- ---
Does everything look ok on my end?
Thanks for any help in advance! :)

I think you are missing extendable keyword after ip nat inside source static command.Please try it.
ip nat inside source static udp 192.168.1.101 2935 interface Ethernet0 2935 extendable
ip nat inside source static udp 192.168.1.101 2934 interface Ethernet0 2934 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.101 3724 interface Ethernet0 3724 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.101 6112 interface Ethernet0 6112 extendable
ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.101 6881 interface Ethernet0 6881 extendable
Bcos you are mapping different port to same inside ip addresses.
If it works let me know
Thanks & Regards

Help please with capture / sequence settings for DVCAM PAL 16:9

Simple question but I'm baffled by choices for capture/sequence using FCP6 to capture 16:9 PAL DVCAM. Have tried esay set up (not enough options) and also sequence and capture settings manually too many options ) and always seem to end up with borders top and bottom, not full viewer / canvas at correct aspect ratio. Can someone tell me correct settings. I'm baffled by inclusion of 5:4 aspect ratio and whether in the compression box under advanced settings in the sequence settings bow I should select 4:3 or 16:9 and in the seq. settings box itself whether I should check anamorphic 16:9.In audio/video settings (summary tab) there's also a question about playback settings which is set to '(missing) apple firewire pal 720x568'. What's that about. Any assistance much appreciated.

Don't over think it. There's no reason why you should have to modify a capture preset in your situation. Use the easy setup for DV PAL 48 KHz Anamorphic (assuming your footage is anamorphic and not letterboxed). If you're seeing gray bars at the top and bottom of the canvas, hit ctrl-U to have the windows automatically adjusted to the right size. If you're seeing black bars, then your footage is probably letterboxed. You should use the regular DV PAL easy setup to capture that. If the Video Playback device is set to (missing) it's because your deck or camera is not turned on, or isn't connected to the computer.

Help with port forwarding to application

Help needed to Port Forward on to my PS3.
I need to forward the following ports:
UDP: 3074; 3659; 6000
TCP: 80; 443; 3659; 10000 - 10099; 42127
Have previously given the PS3 a static IP, set the port forwarding rules and then forwarded to the IP address, but it appears the ports have not opened as expected.
Help Keith

I can only see one image which just shows the application mapping, but no indication as to whether you had clicked the "apply" button.
Why are you forwarding ports 80 and 443, are you running a webserver on the PS3, as those ports are used for web serving.
As a matter of interest, your port 80 is showing as open at the moment, so is the PS3 turned on, or is port 80 mapped to something else instead?
What I would like you to do is to start from the beginning, with just the single TCP port number 3659 assigned to the PS3.
It will mean removing the other assignments, but it will make things a bit easier.
If you could do that please, and then we can do some tests.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

Urgent help with Port Forwarding?

Hi all!
I hope my posting in the right section.
Basically I have a DVR in my home. I want to be able to view the 1 camera that I have externally (from a different home)
I have managed to be able to view the camera internally on my network (the dvr is plugged into the BT HUB 3)
I did this by Advanced Settings>Port Forwarding>Supported Apps>
I was told by the Manifacturer of the DVR that the ports i needed to forward are 8234 to 8239
Does this look correct to you guys?
The DVR i have a is a Digital Sprite 2 PLUS. Ive turned the firewall off on the router settings as I thought that could be the problem. I can view the dvr internally as I said above using the DVR i.p 192.168.1.69 perfectly, but when I type in my external i.p via my other home it wont connect at all.
Could anybody help me as to what im doing wrong?
Thanks for any replys !
James.

You are replying to an old posting.
The information on this link may help you.
Port forwarding problems
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BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

HELP!! asa 5505 8.4(5) problem with port forwarding-smtp

Hi I am having a big problem with port forwarding on my asa. I am trying to forward smtp through the asa to my mail server.
my mail server ip is 10.0.0.2 and my outside interface is 80.80.80.80 , the ASA is setup with pppoe (I get internet access no problem and that seems fine)
When I run a trace i get "(ACL-Drop) - flow is deied by configured rule"
below is my config file , any help would be appreciated
Result of the command: "show running-config"
: Saved
ASA Version 8.4(5)
hostname ciscoasa
domain-name domain.local
enable password mXa5sNUu4rCZ.t5y encrypted
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
names
interface Ethernet0/0
switchport access vlan 2
interface Ethernet0/1
interface Ethernet0/2
interface Ethernet0/3
interface Ethernet0/4
interface Ethernet0/5
interface Ethernet0/6
interface Ethernet0/7
interface Vlan1
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
interface Vlan2
nameif outside
security-level 0
pppoe client vpdn group ISPDsl
ip address 80.80.80.80 255.255.255.255 pppoe setroute
ftp mode passive
dns server-group DefaultDNS
domain-name domain.local
same-security-traffic permit intra-interface
object network obj_any
subnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
object network Server_SMTP
host 10.0.0.2
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any object server_SMTP eq smtp
pager lines 24
logging asdm informational
mtu inside 1500
mtu outside 1500
icmp unreachable rate-limit 1 burst-size 1
no asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
no arp permit-nonconnected
object network obj_any
nat (inside,outside) dynamic interface
object network server_SMTP
nat (inside,outside) static interface service tcp smtp smtp
nat (inside,outside) after-auto source dynamic any interface
access-group outside_access_in in interface outside
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout pat-xlate 0:00:30
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00
timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
timeout sip-provisional-media 0:02:00 uauth 0:05:00 absolute
timeout tcp-proxy-reassembly 0:01:00
timeout floating-conn 0:00:00
dynamic-access-policy-record DfltAccessPolicy
user-identity default-domain LOCAL
http server enable
http 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 inside
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart warmstart
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
ssh key-exchange group dh-group1-sha1
console timeout 0
vpdn group ISP request dialout pppoe
vpdn group ISP localname [email protected]
vpdn group ISP ppp authentication chap
vpdn username [email protected] password *****
dhcpd auto_config outside
threat-detection basic-threat
threat-detection statistics access-list
no threat-detection statistics tcp-intercept
webvpn
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map type inspect dns preset_dns_map
parameters
message-length maximum client auto
message-length maximum 512
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns preset_dns_map
inspect ftp
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect sqlnet
inspect skinny
inspect sunrpc
inspect xdmcp
inspect sip
inspect netbios
inspect tftp
inspect ip-options
service-policy global_policy global
prompt hostname context
no call-home reporting anonymous
Cryptochecksum:c5570d7ddffd46c528a76e515e65f366
: end

Hi Jennifer
I have removed that nat line as suggested but still no joy.
here is my current config
Result of the command: "show running-config"
: Saved
ASA Version 8.4(5)
hostname ciscoasa
domain-name domain.local
enable password mXa5sNUu4rCZ.t5y encrypted
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
names
interface Ethernet0/0
switchport access vlan 2
interface Ethernet0/1
interface Ethernet0/2
interface Ethernet0/3
interface Ethernet0/4
interface Ethernet0/5
interface Ethernet0/6
interface Ethernet0/7
interface Vlan1
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
interface Vlan2
nameif outside
security-level 0
pppoe client vpdn group ISP
ip address 80.80.80.80 255.255.255.255 pppoe setroute
ftp mode passive
dns server-group DefaultDNS
domain-name domain.local
same-security-traffic permit intra-interface
object network obj_any
subnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
object network Server_Mail
host 10.0.0.2
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any object Server_Mail eq smtp
pager lines 24
logging asdm informational
mtu inside 1500
mtu outside 1500
icmp unreachable rate-limit 1 burst-size 1
no asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
no arp permit-nonconnected
object network obj_any
nat (inside,outside) dynamic interface
object network Server_Mail
nat (inside,outside) static interface service tcp smtp smtp
access-group outside_access_in in interface outside
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout pat-xlate 0:00:30
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00
timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
timeout sip-provisional-media 0:02:00 uauth 0:05:00 absolute
timeout tcp-proxy-reassembly 0:01:00
timeout floating-conn 0:00:00
dynamic-access-policy-record DfltAccessPolicy
user-identity default-domain LOCAL
http server enable
http 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 inside
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart warmstart
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
ssh key-exchange group dh-group1-sha1
console timeout 0
vpdn group ISP request dialout pppoe
vpdn group ISP localname [email protected]
vpdn group ISP ppp authentication chap
vpdn username [email protected] password *****
dhcpd auto_config outside
threat-detection basic-threat
threat-detection statistics access-list
no threat-detection statistics tcp-intercept
webvpn
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map type inspect dns preset_dns_map
parameters
message-length maximum client auto
message-length maximum 512
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns preset_dns_map
inspect ftp
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect esmtp
inspect sqlnet
inspect skinny
inspect sunrpc
inspect xdmcp
inspect sip
inspect netbios
inspect tftp
inspect ip-options
service-policy global_policy global
prompt hostname context
no call-home reporting anonymous
Cryptochecksum:f3bd954d1f9499595aab4f9da8c15795
: end
also here is the packet trace
and my acl
Thanks

Little help please with forwarding traffic to proxy server!

hi all, little help please with this error message
i got this when i ran my code and requested only the home page of the google at my client side !!
GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*
Accept-Language: en-us
UA-CPU: x86
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
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Host: www.google.com
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: PREF=ID=a21457942a93fc67:TB=2:TM=1212883502:LM=1213187620:GM=1:S=H1BYeDQt9622ONKF
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:43:15 GMT
Expires: -1
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Encoding: gzip
Server: gws
Content-Length: 2649
X-Cache: MISS from linux-e6p8
X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from linux-e6p8:3128
Via: 1.0
Connection: keep-alive
GET /8SE/11?MI=32d919696b43409cb90ec369fe7aab75&LV=3.1.0.146&AG=T14050&IS=0000&TE=1&TV=tmen-us%7Cts20080620224324%7Crf0%7Csq38%7Cwi133526%7Ceuhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: MSN_SL/3.1 Microsoft-Windows/5.1
Host: g.ceipmsn.com
HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden
Server: squid/2.6.STABLE5
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:46:26 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 1066
Expires: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:46:26 GMT
X-Squid-Error: ERR_ACCESS_DENIED 0
X-Cache: MISS from linux-e6p8
X-Cache-Lookup: NONE from linux-e6p8:3128
Via: 1.0
Connection: close
java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe // this is the error message
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:115)
at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeBytes(DataOutputStream.java:259)
at SimpleHttpHandler.run(Test77.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
at Test77.main(Test77.java:13)

please could just tell me what is wrong with my code ! this is the last idea in my G.p and am havin difficulties with that cuz this is the first time dealin with java :( the purpose of my code to forward the http traffic from client to Squid server ( proxy server ) then forward the response from squid server to the clients !
thanx a lot,
this is my code :
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class Test7 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(1416);
while(true){
System.out.println("Waiting for request");
Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
new Thread(new SimpleHttpHandler(socket)).run();
socket.close();
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
class SimpleHttpHandler implements Runnable{
private final static String CLRF = "\r\n";
private Socket client;
private DataOutputStream writer;
private DataOutputStream writer2;
private BufferedReader reader;
private BufferedReader reader2;
public SimpleHttpHandler(Socket client){
this.client = client;
public void run(){
try{
this.reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
this.client.getInputStream()
InetAddress ipp=InetAddress.getByName("192.168.6.29"); \\ my squid server
System.out.println(ipp);
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
Socket ss=new Socket(ipp,3128);
this.writer= new DataOutputStream(ss.getOutputStream());
writer.writeBytes(this.read());
this.reader2 = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
ss.getInputStream()
this.writer2= new DataOutputStream(this.client.getOutputStream());
writer2.writeBytes(this.read2());
this.writer2.close();
this.writer.close();
this.reader.close();
this.reader2.close();
this.client.close();
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
private String read() throws IOException{
String in = "";
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
while(!(in = this.reader.readLine()).trim().equals("")){
buffer.append(in + "\n");
buffer.append(in + "\n");
System.out.println(buffer.toString());
return buffer.toString();
private String read2() throws IOException{
String in = "";
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
while(!(in = this.reader2.readLine()).trim().equals("")){
buffer.append(in + "\n");
System.out.println(buffer.toString());
return buffer.toString();
Edited by: Tareq85 on Jun 20, 2008 5:22 PM

LRT214 Accessing Web Services with Port Forwarding & Port Translation

Good afternoon to all,
Purchased the LRT214 yesterday afternoon and it was a breeze to configure the internet settings and get back online. But after the initial configuration, I ran into some trouble getting the router to do port translation together with port forwarding.
The port forwarding setup is straighforward and works perfectly, the same cannot be said for the port translation which does not seem to work. I programmed the following,
1) external port 88 forwarded to internal port 80 for 192.169.1.12
2) external port 89 forwarded to internal port 80 for 192.169.1.13
Can someone point me in the correct direction to achieve the above?
Router Model : LRT214
Firmware Revision : 1.0.2.06
Working Mode : Gateway

Port Address Translation => Service Management
Add two Services for the port translations and then add the translations to the list. Let us know if you get any errors.
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WRV210 loses port forwarding settings after reboot

Along with wireless problems that have already been documented about this device I am having problems with port forwarding where it will lose all its settings after losing its power. I then try to go into the management for port forwarding and am not able to put the settings back in as every time I hit 'Save' it just loads the page back up with no settings applied. Another strange thing is that the protocol comboboxes only have options for UDP or Both.
I then reapply the latest firmware and am able to enter the settings again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm at my wits end with this one.
Thanks,
Paul

Dear Paul,
Thank you for reaching the Small Business Support Community.
If you are already running the latest firmware release version 2.0.1.5, all I can suggest you is to contact the Small Business Support Center directly to determine if this is a hardware related problem, notice this product is already End of Life/End of Support and therefore the support is subject to warranty or contract terms and conditions;
https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/small-business/sbcountrysupport
Please do not hesitate to reach me back if there is any further assistance I may help you with in the meantime.
Kind regards,
Jeffrey Rodriguez S. .:|:.:|:.
Cisco Customer Support Engineer
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Airport Extreme removes port forward settings every reboot

I have set up various port forward settings on my Airport Extreme from OS X Server. However, every time I reboot the Airport, all port forward settings are lost except Contacts, Calendars, and DNS. It gets very troublesome to constantly readd all my settings in there. Port forwards are the only settings that are lost.
Please help!

I found the issue – and it's fairly simple and obviously really. I'm guessing you were adding the ports from OS X Server in the order they are listed within Server.app (where they are listed in alphabetical order). After Calendar, Contacts and DNS is "File Sharing".
If this is enabled, whilst File Sharing is enabled on the AirPort Extreme, the port forwarding entry for File Sharing, and anything below is removed.
Simply disable "File Sharing" from AirPort Utility before continuing (as recommended by Server.app when setting up the service for File Sharing).
I understand you replaced your AE and no longer have the issue – I thought I'd leave the explanation should others encounter it.

E3200 not saving port forwarding settings

I have tried numerious times to set my port forwarding settings. Everytime I setup and fill in the appropiate ports and hit the save button my setting are lost. I go back into the port forwarding setting page and literally after a fews secondsof inputting the ports and nothing is there and everything is zeroed out . Has anyone experienced this problem. Do I have to set my ip address to static before I can put my port forwarding settings in.

Yes to all.
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Communities Technical Support

Problem with Port Forwarding (when PPTP is up) in WRT-160N

Hi, everybody!
I'm looking for some help with Port Forwarding in my new router from Linksys. I've bought the router afew daysago, and was badly surprised when I found out that there is DD-WRT firmware is installed in it (the router was 100% NEW when I've purchased it). I have downloaded the latest original Linksys firmware file and successfully flashed it.
But I still have problem (same I had on DD-WRT firmware too) with port forwarding for my DC++ and Vuze (app for torrents): I've written port forward for ports 49151 (for Vuze) and 4000 (for DC++) to be forwarded to my desktop computer (IP 192.168.1.201) -- I've seen a post at this forum, that there could be a problem, if you forward to an IP, which is inside DHCP local zone, so I've forwarded it to .201 IP (my local DHCPzone is 192.168.1.100 - .149). But forwardind doesn't work ((
What's wrong?
My configuration:
Router IP: 192.168.1.1
PPTP (I've got it from my ISP)
IP address: 192.168.226.127
Default Gateway: 192.168.226.2
DNS 1: 192.168.1.1
DNS 2 & 3: 0.0.0.0
PPTP Server IP Address: 192.168.226.2
Username: ****
Password: ****
Single Port Forwarding:
Application name     External port     Internal port     Protocol     To IP address     Enabled
Vuze 49151 49151 Both 192.168.1.201    Checked
DC    4000 4000            Both           192.168.1.201 Checked
Solved!
Go to Solution.

As you have mentioned in your post that your ISP has provided you a PPTP connection with an IP address: 192.x.x.x. The IP address which is provided to you by your ISP is in a Private Range, and if you try to forward any ports on your router it will not work, as your ISP modem will block that port. So you need to get a Public IP address from your ISP.
As you are getting Private IP from your ISP, so this connection is called as NAT behind NAT, and your Modem is acting like a Router.
So now you have 2 options, get the Public IP address from your ISP or change the connection type.

New Customer Experience with Port Forwarding

OK, so my OpenReach Modem and HomeHub 3 were installed last week and all seemed OK at first.
A bit of background:
I'm a seasoned IT guy and have a nice network set up at home that caters for my needs (most of the time).
Without going into too much detail, I have my own DHCP/DNS server and I run a Webserver for personal use.
I have Virgin Broadband - which work most of the time.
I've also just had BT Infinity installed so I should always have Internet access no matter which ISP is having issues.
I was hoping to be able to access my webserver externally from either my BT or Virgin. I didn't think this would be an issue.
It still all works fine through my Virgin connection. I use dynamic DNS (no-ip.org) to get to my server.
On the Virgin Superhub - I have DHCP switched off and all my machines (except one at the moment) get the Virgin router assigned as the Internet gateway (via my own DHCP server).
My test machine gets a the BT HomeHub 3 assigned as the Internet gateway (also from my own DHCP server) and I have switched off DHCP on Home Hub.
Before I move onto my issue, I have to say that the above network setup works flawlessly.
The Virgin Router is on 192.168.0.1, The Home Hub is on 192.168.0.2. (subnet 255.255.255.0)
They are on the same network but because DHCP it switched off on both routers - everything is happy.
I can access my Server from the Internet via my no-ip.org address and it all works great.
The issue:
I thought it would be relatively simple to configure the BT Home Hub 3 to access my server from the Internet.
Hmmm. Port Forwarding seems to be the issue. It just doesn't work reliably enough. Sometimes it works, then sometime it stops working. Right now it's not working.
At first I though it was just me, not configuring it correctly. But no.
Then I started reading this forum and found there are reports of issues with port forwarding going back a year.
I don't know if that a good or bad thing - an issue running that long must be on the verge of getting fixed right?
Or any issue running that long without resolution probably has no simple resolution or just isn't a priority (for BT) maybe.
My Question:
(and I think I already know the answer)
Has anyone got a sure fire way of configuring the HomeHub3 so the port forwarding works?
Or should I just throw in the towel now and buy a Dual Wan Router?
One last note:
This morning my Infinity Broadband Speed dropped from
38Mb down/6Mb Up (measured several times yesterday)
to
0.7Mb down/0.3Mb Up (yes those decimal points are in the right place)
And I haven't got a clue why.
I power cycled the HomeHub and it returned to normal. Does this happen to other people?
Cheers
Graeme.
Graeme

Bullitt wrote:
the port on your network is defined by lan ip address and port number eg 192.168.1.10:80
you cannot forward this outbound port twice
There is no "port on my network" A port is associated with a IP address not a network.
My webserver listens an port 80 - requests from the Internet for http are port forwarded by the router (either BT Homehub or Virgin Superhub) to port 80 at address 192.168.0.5 (in my case).
If I am trying to access my webserver from the Internet, I point my browser at the WAN IP address of my router (again it doesn't matter which one - BT or Virgin) and the router port forwards the request to my Webserver. Each router can do this independently.
"you cannot forward this outbound port twice"
As explained above - It's an inbound port not an outbound port.
I appreciate you are trying to be helpful but just telling me something is not possible without explaining why its not possible doesn't really help me.
As I said before, this was working fine, then it stopped working but only when trying to access my webserver via the BT Router. It still works fine from my Virgin Router. I used WireShark and port mirroring on my switch to prove that the Home Hub as stopped port forwarding inbound traffic to my webserver.
This is a problem with port forwarding on the Homehub, not my network setup. Looking at other posts on this forum - I'd suggest I'm not the only one having problems.
To be honest, it's the least of my problems with the HomeHub right now. I'm far more concerned with the fact that twice today I've had to power cycle it because the throughput has dropped from 38Mbit-down/6Mbit-up to <1Mbit-down/<1Mbit-up. It's a known problem, BT are working on it, yet I still am paying full price for a product that should never had made it out of Beta test.
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I have a web-server and Internet-radio translator to local network of my provider. And I found a problem with Port Forwarding. I'm trying to setup 80 & 8000 ports to forward. And it's working but only for Internet, without provider's local network. My web-server isn't accessible in local network and radio-translator too.
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