Port forwarding to ip address only allows input of last digits

I have the Linksys BEFW11S4 router and am trying to port forward to a static ip address but the port forwarding screen is hard coded to 192.168.1.__ and only allows me to enter the last 3 digits of the quartet. Does anyone know how I can get past this? I'm trying to connect a DVR server using this static ip address.

If your ISP assigns you a static public IP address and you are required by your ISP to configure that on your router, then you have to configure the static IP, subnet mask, gateway IP and DNS servers in the internet connection section of the main setup page in the web interface of the router.
You then assign a static local IP address like 192.168.1.25 to your DVR, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.1.1 and DNS 192.168.1.1 or the DNS servers of your ISP.
You don't have to disable the DHCP server function in the router.

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I have an WRT120N router and two DVRs. I can get either one of the DVRs to work just fine if I put it in the DMZ. Neither one works when I enable port forwarding. Since I cannot have two devices in the DMZ with this router, I cannot use that approach (throwing them in the DMZ) as a viable solution.
I need help finding out what I am doing incorrectly with the port forwarding. Basically I am creating an entry for each port of each device, going to the correct IP address of that device. I have tried both protocols as well as just TCP. This does not work. Just for fun, I tried using the port range forwarding and this does not work either. The only thing that works is if I throw either of the devices in the DMZ.
So what I have essentially is this:
DEVICE1 / 192.168.0.120 (internal) / PORT 999 / works great in DMZ but not in port fwd
DEVICE2 / 192.168.0.121 (internal) / PORT 456 / works great in DMZ but not in port fwd
I have used Wireshark from a remote computer to observe what happens when I navigate to the URL that I need, such as http://myjunk.ddnsprovider.xyz:999 (where 999 is the port on which the device in question serves). I don't see anything out of the ordinary. (I assume there is no way to run a packet sniffer on the router.) (Can we "telnet" into the router, btw?)
So either I am doing something wrong, or there is a need for a router software update, or the router is blocking some other protocol, etc. Help is much appreciated! BTW, tried with the router firewall off, too. No go.
Regards,
Mike

Whats the current firmware installed on your router? Have you tried to upgrade the firmware on your Router?

NATing issue (port forwarding) MPLS Outside address is a local address

I'm trying to figure out if what I've been asked to do is even possible.
Current topology for the office in question:
Internet -> ISP Gateway (no control) -> MPLS Cloud -> (10.1.1.0 outside) My 2800 Router (full control) -> Local network (10.10.10.0) Inside
We have a public IP address that is translated at the ISP gateway to an IP address on our local 10.10.10.0 network before it enters the MPLS cloud. As it enters my outside interface the destination address is already set to a 10.10.10.0 address (for example 10.10.10.1).
I have been asked to make additional network devices available from the public Internet, but I only have one public IP address assigned to our network.
Is it possible to utilize port forwarding in this situation? When the traffic comes into my router it's already addressed for the local network, it is passing from an outside to an inside interface. However the local IP address and the global IP address would both be a part of my local network, since the public IP address is NATed at the ISP gateway to an IP address on my local network.
So the 10.10.10.1 address is for our web server and needs 80 and 443 traffic pointed to it, we have a new surveillance system accessible via an app and an IP address on port 7001. Given what I've described above can you setup something like this:
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I have no clue if you can even setup a NAT like this when the local and global are both in the same subnet. If anyone has experience with a scenario like this I would appreciate a little feedback.
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Hello.
I would say, that the best solution would be to do static translations on ISP gateway (into different internal IP-addresses).

Application And Gaming / Port Forwarding || HELP NEEDED || Can Only Access Via LAN

Hi.
I have just bought a Wireless Router, Model Number: WGKPC354G-UK. With the intention of setting up a small server. This server will run from my PC (directly wired into router), running a game called "Counter Strike" - I had to download a dedicated-server tool for this and i successfuly installed this and followed the tutorial to set it all up..
So I thought i had done it, but I could only access my server with my internal IP 192.168.1.64 (LAN).
I then found out that i needed to "Port-Forward" I followed a tutorial on www.portforward.com - This showed me how to open the ports, and which ones to open.
I did all this and i still encounter the same problem !
So i then opened all my router ports "DNZ" and it still doesnt work !!!
Any help will be greatly aprreciated !
PS. Below Are The Required Ports.
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WAG354G/Counter_Strike.htm

Keep in mind your ISP could be blocking the ports needed. DMZ almost ALWAYS works and if it doesnt, most likely your ISP blocks the ports.
another test is to make sure you can connect to the game server from another CS machine on the inside of your network. If this works, that means your server is up and running properly and its probably your ISP blocking certain ports needed for the CS Server.
You should also check you have the Windows firewall disabled, and any other software firewall on your server disabled.

Port Forward and IP address question

I am configuring my father's computer so that I can "see" his screen. He's on a different network, using a mac with a wireless router. He enables remote desktop login, I use Chicken of the VNC software on my mac to see and control his computer.
Here's my question, when I set up his router to forward the ports so this will work, do I use the ports for apple remote desktop or VNC? (The ports overlap (5900) but are different.)
Also, which IP address do I enter into Chicken of the VNC? His router IP, his static IP that we assigned or his computer's IP.
Thanks for the help,
Rob

ok, but in his prefs for apple remote desktop, it gives the static IP address that we set as the address other people can use, so... any thoughts?
You use that private address if you are in the same subnet as his Mac. That is the address you enter into the port forwarding settings on the router because the router needs to send requests received on the public IP address to that unreachable private IP address.
When you are on the internet, you can't reach that private IP address.

TC Port Forwarding Static IP Address

I have a domain for which I've pointed the DNS to my static IP address.
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I'd like TC to forward port 80 requests to a Mac Mini. On the Mini Web sharing is enabled. From any machine on my network I can hit the internal address of the Mini and I get the default Apache page.
Using the AirPort Utility (TC) I've enabled Port Mapping --> Personal Web Sharing. The Private IP Address is the IP Address of the Mini. Public TCP Port = 80. Private TCP Port = 80.
Now, where "I think" the problem lies in the TC Internet Connection. When IPv4 uses DHCP, TC gets a 192.168.1.* IP address AND a 192.168.1.* Router Address (the addresses are different).
When I set Ipv4 "manually" I don't know what to put in the Router Address. TC is still the router but what address do I use now??? If I use the static IP for both IP & Router address I get no internet connection.
Thanks in advance!

I gathered from this thread (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9114081&#9114081) that the Router Address is synonymous with Gateway Address.
After speaking with my ISP my static IP and gateway addresses don't start with the same octet. So the Airport Utility complains about them not being compatible.
I wouldn't think of using all ZEROs in the subnet mask.
Any ideas?

Port Forwarding - XBOX Live & PS3

Hello BT Forums!
I am having trouble with my BTHomeHub 3, XBOX 360 & PS3. In my household we have both consoles, and we play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on both.
Now, with the BTHomeHub3 on the "port forwarding" menu I am only allowed to select one either "XBOX Live" OR "PlayStation 3" not both, it just brings up an error saying I can only select one and to change I have to remove the other.
I have my PlayStation 3 set with "PlayStation 3" port forwarding on the admin settings, but this puts the NAT settings on the XBOX to "Strict". Then if I take the port forwarding off the PlayStation 3 and set port forwarding for the XBOX it puts my PlayStation 3 NAT on "Strict". There is no winning!
Is there anyway I can select both, without having to resort to DMZ (makes my connection unstable).
Thanks!

Hi dlmatthews and welcome to the forum, i've had the same issue, you can't port forward to both, I just DMZ my PS3 and port forwarded to my another PS3 in the household.
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Can not port forward on WRT54GS v6 "You cannot use the router IP"

Hello, I'm trying to open a port number, but when I try to use my router's IP, the following message appears
"You cannot use the router IP, network, or broadband address"
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My ADSL was working as a NAT behind a NAT connection, so I had to change my Local IP Address to 192.168.2.1.
Router: WRT54GS v6 firmware 1.52.8 (latest) - Bellsouth router: Westell 6100
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
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   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::40a9:a76e:61b3:6435%11
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   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
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PS: I tried to use 192.168.2.100, and even though it lets me use it, it still seems not to open that port... my IP is dynamic.

Generally: NAT behind NAT is a bad idea. There is usually no need for double NAT. Either configure the ADSL router as bridge and use the WRT for your internet connection or set up the WRT as simple access point behind the ADSL router.
It's also unclear to me what is working or not. First I thought you can't set up forwarding at all because you get that error message. Then, in your PS you write you tried to use 192.168.2.100 and that seemed to be possible. The IP address to forward to must be the IP address of the computer to which you want to forward. Thus 192.168.2.100 is exactly the IP address you have to set up. Does this work or not?
Also remember: with double NAT you must set up two forwardings: first on the ADSL router then on the WRT. Port forwarding is necessary to allow incoming traffic through NAT. All incoming traffic arrives on the ADSL router. Thus setting up port forwarding on the WRT only won't do a thing.
It's also not recommend to use dynamic IPs for forwarding destinations. Dynamic IP addresses may change over time and that requires you to adjust forwardings accordingly. It's better to reserve fixed IP addresses (if your WRT supports this) or set a static IP address on the computer outside the DHCP address pool.

Port Forwarding with Airport Express 802.11n Utility version 6.1

Hi all,
Quick question, hoping it can be solved with a quick answer
Not sure what I'm doing wrong: I'd like to set up port forwarding for Skype and Transmission, however in the airport utility even when I assign the public/private ports to the ones specified in the respective programs (with the IP address for the machine I am using), if I go into Transmission or onto a port checker website the connections are shown as closed for the ports I have selected (on the public side).
I've made a DHCP reservation for this machine to tie it to a given IP address, and I've enabled NAT port forwarding protocol in the Network options (no default host so far).
Also, in case it makes a big difference, right now I'm connecting to the internet via a Cisco DCP3825 cable modem running in bridge mode, with the AEBS in DHCP and NAT router modes.
Any tips?
Thanks!

Sadly I never got it to work. I called up Apple and they claimed that all the ports are open for the Airport Express, but if I run port scanner in Network Utilities none of the ports I specify show up as open unless I select one of the "Default" port categories like "Windows File Sharing". I told this to the person I spoke to on the phone, and they replied several times in a row that they are not allowed to help set up port forwarding, that they can only provide info on how to open the ports, and that even if the ports are subsequently not opened or forwarded they can't provide any assistance. It wasn't a very good conversation. Unfortunately, based on some of the other disucssions I've looked at in this forum, it doesn't seem possible to do conventional custom port forwarding using this version of the Airport Utility. Hopefully someone will correct me though. Sorry I can't be more help.

Port Forwarding, MI424WR

I'm not even sure I'll give enough information here, because I don't really know what I'm talking about. However, I've been working with a couple of "technical" people from my office.
Essentially, I'm trying to connect two devices (Yamaha Disklavier Pianos) over my FIOS connection (for a process called Remote Lesson) and need to utilize port forwarding. I've tried the instructions on the www.actiontec.com website (Basic Port Forwarding on the MI424WR Verion Fios Router), but have been unable to connect successfully.
Basically, here's the two things I need to do (cut and pasted from a technical document draft). Can someone please advise what might be going wrong?   I could also forward the entire "connection" document to someone who might want to take a look at it and get a clearer picture.
At any rate, here are steps 2 and 3 of the process we're trying to do:
2. Port Forwarding for Remote Lesson (WAN to LAN)
- Port 58092 is used in both TCP and UDP by default.
        - Note: You can choose any port unless it has already used.
- Please configure a system to forward the access of this port to Disklavier.
3. Release of the port to the Internet (LAN to WAN)
- If the access of port 58092 is filtered, please release this port in both TCP and UDP.
         Note: If your partner has configured another port number, please release that port in both TCP and UDP.
Port setting table
PORT FORWARDING (WAN TO LAN): IP Address (original LAN Address)
Port Number (origin)
Protocol: Both TCP and UDP
RELEASE OF THE PORT (LAN TO WAN): Port Number: Destination or all
   Protocol: Both TCP and UDP
Thanks for being patient with a "newbie" - I hope someone can help.

levesq56 wrote:
Essentially, I'm trying to connect two devices (Yamaha Disklavier Pianos) over my FIOS connection (for a process called Remote Lesson) and need to utilize port forwarding. I've tried the instructions on the www.actiontec.com website (Basic Port Forwarding on the MI424WR Verion Fios Router), but have been unable to connect successfully.
Thanks for being patient with a "newbie" - I hope someone can help.
If you're only trying to connect the 2 devices within your local lan you do not need to do anything with port forwarding. You would only need to add port forwarding rules if you are going to access the devices from remote sites.
The below addresses step 2 of your question.
Step 3 of your question is not needed as the actiontec does not block any port access from the LAN to the WAN
Step 2 allowing wan to lan access
If you are doing the latter then you would want to give the device fixed ip addresses, make sure they are out of the dhcp range of the actiontec router.
Then go to firewall setting
Select Port Forwarding tab
Select New Entry
add the IP address of the device in the Local Host field
Make sure Forward to Port is set as Same as incoming Port
Make sure Schedule is set as Always
Under protocols Select User defined
Make the service name whatever you want - e.g Piano
Select new server ports
Under protocols Select TCP
Under source port select single
enter 58092
Make sure destination port saya Any
Hit OK
Select New server ports again and repeat the last five steps for protocol UDP
then say OK
Say OK to the Edit port Forwarding rule
Now you should be able to access the device from the outside WAN

Do I have to use port forwarding in router to log my essential server 2012 from outside

hi,
1--do I have to use port forwarding if I have only essential server 2012 in my home?
2- what is exactly the benefit of port forwarding, besides the converting static IP adres to internal IP adres for clients?
thanks
johan
h.david

Yes.
It allows certain ports to be accessed externally through your firewall, whilst blocking other ports.
You need to allow access to TCP Port 80 and 443 for Essentials Server.
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Ssh Port Forwarding Stopped Working

I have used ssh port forwarding in the past, and it has come in handy.
I have recently upgraded to Mavericks, but it does appear that my ssh port forwarding stopped some time before this. The last time I know it worked was 5/14/14, and feel it has worked more recently as well.
Here's what I do, from my Mac I ssh to my work jump server (port 22, let's say its IP is 11.22.33.44), and my jump server has access to work PC (lets say IP of 10.1.2.3). My work PC has RDP running on it on the common port 3389. I have verified that I can set up a working RDP session at work from another box. Also, I know that my jump server can get to my PC at work as I can ping my work IP if I just ssh straight to my jump server. And I know that there is no firewall stopping me from the jump server as I can also open a telnet session to my work PC on port 3389, without errors.
So, here's how I have done it in the past and it has worked, but now recently stopped working in Terminal app:
ssh -f [email protected] -L 3388:10.1.2.3:3389 -Nnv
The verbose logging shows that it sets up connectivity. If I then look to see if my local port is listening I can type:
netstat -an | grep 127.0
I will note that port 3387 is in fact LISTENing and waiting for connection
I then start my RDP client app, and start a session to "localhost:3387" (I could also use "127.0.0.1:3387", and have, but it does not work either). My RDP client eventually times out. I have turned my firewall off and on, neither way works.
Does anyone know why this may have stopped working?
Your input is most appreciated.
The verbose log shows the following is setup appropriately (with noted modifications to server names and actual IPs):
debug1: Authentication succeeded (keyboard-interactive).
Authenticated to somewhere.net ([11.22.33.44]:22).
debug1: Local connections to localhost:3387 forwarded to remote address 10.1.2.3:3389
debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3387.

Unfortunately I don't have another device to test if RDP is working on my LAN, however, when I check out my network connections and this is what I see after setting up the ssh tunnel and prior to attempting the RDP connection (again names protected):
my-rmbp:~ me2$ netstat -an | grep 127.0
tcp4       0      0 127.0.0.1.3387         *.*                    LISTEN
Then, as it is difficult to catch in the middle of TCP 3-way handshaking, here's what happens after an attempt with the RDP client while it sits and spins:
my-rmbp:~ me2$ netstat -an | grep 127.0
tcp4       0      0 127.0.0.1.3387         127.0.0.1.50323        FIN_WAIT_2
tcp4       0      0 127.0.0.1.50323        127.0.0.1.3387         CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4       0      0 127.0.0.1.3387         *.*                    LISTEN
You can clearly see it's attempting to make a connection over the tunnel via my RDP client, but it's being shut down right away. I will obtain a WireShark packet capture and see exactly what's happening. Oh, and if I tried to RDP to a port other than the one I set up the port forwarding tunnel with, RDP would disconnect right away.
What I'm most interested in is why, without any known changes, other than OS updates, did this work a few months ago, and now it does not?
I have also tried other test ssh port forwarding, such as to www.apple.com forwarding 8080 on localhost to 80, and others, and none of those work either with web browsers, I assume this is something Apple has done to disable ssh port forwarding/tunneling. Perhaps someone else has bumped into this and found a fix? Please share!
Also, I have heard that you have to be root in order to set up port forwarding, but clearly this is not accurate, as it worked before, and also as you can see above it worked without root. But I tried both ways, and sadly neither worked.
Could it by my jump server? Possibly, but others at work do this and it works just fine for them from their Windoze PCs. So can't be that either.
Perhaps my capture will tell me, I'll report back here with what I discover. Thanks in advance!

RV016 - Port Forwarding

I have an RV016 router with 2 Fibre WAN connections on it. I have two internal servers with resources I need available externally.
I would like WAN1 to forward port 443 to server 1 and WAN2 to forward port 443 to server 2.
It does not appear this is possible as you do not have the option to select which WAN port you want the port forwarding for and can only forward ALL traffic on 443 to one internal server.
Does anyone know if this is possible or not?
Thanks

Hi Wbtadmin1,
You can use Port access translation which you can translate the port for example if you have two server listen in the same port such 443 , with port access translation you can choose an external port and internal port.
configuration :
Please follow this steps:
1. Please remove the rule of the port forwarding
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3. on the same page please choose the service you created and put the internal IP of the server A
4. for the second rule is the same just change teh external port to yyy and in internal 443 and put the second server B as internal IP
if you want to access to server A : publicIP:external port xxx
if you want to access to server B : publicIP:external port yyy
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Under Firewall -- Access Rules
- Allow service (you can create custom service for external port xxx) from WAN1 to Server A
- seconds Access rules Deny Service (custom service xxx) from WAN 2 to Server A
- The same for server B
N.B : for Protocol Binding is working from LAN to WAN it means if you want to force Server A to communicate outside through WAN 1 or WAN 2
Please rate the post or mark it as answered to help other Cisco customers
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E3000 ~ spontaneous port forwarding IP changes

I have an E3000 with firnware 1.0.04.
A forwarded port is spontaneously changing the IP address assigned to it, but with no change indicated in the singel port forwarding configuration.
I have a web server on IP=XXX.XXX.XXX.7, and another device on my LAN with an internal web server at IP= XXX.XXX.XXX.8. The single port forwarding configuration is:
HTTP, external port 80, internal port 80, protocol=TCP, to internal IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.7, enable checked
The configuration is saved, and all works well for for hours and/or days and I can use the web host from the intenet as expected. However, after a few days or hours the E3000 suddenly starts sending the http traffic to IP=xxx.xxx.xxx.8 instead of xxx.xxx.xxx.7. When I log in to the router and look at the port forwarding page, it still says it's forwarding the http traffic to xxx.xxx.xx.7 ~ even though all http traffic is being sent to xxx.xxx.xxx.8! I have to reboot the router to get the port forwarding to work properly. If I leave the device at xxx.xxx.xxx.8 powered off, the router seems to work fine for extended periods.
There are no port forwarding services in the router that reference IP=xxx.xxx.xxx.8 , and it does not appear that the port forwarding problem is related to DHCP. All devices on my network have a reserved DHCP address based on their MAC. It does not appear that the spontaneous port forwarding change occurs when when the xxx.xxx.xxx.8 device powers up and gets it's address via DHCP. I have also deleted the xxx.xxx.xxx.8 device from the DHCP reservation table and simply access the device as needed by referencing it's IP, and xxx.xxx.xxx.8 is outside the range of DHCP assigned addresses, and the spontaneous port redirection still occurs once in a while.
Is there a known bug where forwarded ports are sent to the wrong IP address? Is there a fix in the works? Is there other data I can gather that might help?

Thanks for the reply. I have a bunch of services running on several hosts, so configuring each port to forward to the proper host using the E3000 single port forwarding page is the only way to go. It has been 4 days with uPNP turned off on the host (uPNP is still active in the router), and the problem has not occurred as yet. However, sometimes it has taken over a week for the problem to occur. So far things are looking good, and I am starting to believe that this host has been "stealing" port 80 by remapping it in the router via uPNP, albeit for reasons I do not understand.
Because a uPNP device can change the port-to-DestinationIPAddress map in the router, the router really should be able to display the actual port map rather than just displaying the desired configuration. Not being able to see the actual mapping make as much sense as not being able to not see actual DHCP assignments and only being able to see the desired DHCP configuration. With the widespread deployment of uPNP, and considering the programming simplicty needed to display some table entries from the router's memory, this would seem an obvious and easy feature to add to the next firmware release. A log of runtime configuration changes would be appreciated too, so that people can ascertain what device on the LAN caused a router configuration change and record what the changes were. This sure would make troubleshooting a lot easier...

WRT54G Port forwarding not working

Ok this is an odd problem. Ever since I got this router I have had issues with the port forwarding.
I am forwarding 3389 TCP to 192.168.1.101 check box is enabled. The .101 address is given out by DHCP ( only set to give out 4 IPs). The forwarding did not work at all. I have configured dozens and doezens of routers with no issues except this one . It is Version 8. After a lot of reading on the net someone posted a similar issue where they could not forward ports to static IP addresses ONLY IP's given out in the DHCP range. Strange? yes you bet. So I decided to try it and sure enough I changed my 2 internal computer IP's to use DHCP and forwarded the ports to the IP of the computer I wanted ( 192.168.1.101) and it worked! How silly is that, it wouldn;t forward to static IP's. Well now the problem is back. Except this time if I forward to static IP's OR IP's given out in DHCP nothing works. As a test I moved the .101 computer into the DMZ and still nothing. This is beyond annoying. problem is this is sitting at a clients house in another city and I only have access to it via the web admin. I tried backing up the configuration and then restoring it. The restore worked but didn't fix my issue. I still can't get the forwarding to work. Resetting the defaults is not really an option cause I am not in the same city as the router.
I have about 7 other SMC routers that have been working happily for 5 years straights. Why is this thing so mental? I did upgrade to the latest firmware before installing the router. Ayone have any suggestions as to why the forward doesn't work?.
By the way I enabled the logs and watch them as I was trying to remote into the computer ( 3389) and sure enough it's hitting the router ok as it shows up in the logs. The web server is not working either, nothing is getting forwarded.
No there are no firewalls at all installed on the computer I am trying forward to. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Access router setup page ...uncheck block WAN request under security tab .... also check the updated firmware on the router ....

Port forwarding to ip address only allows input of last digits

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