Port Fowarding + Iomega Network Drive (port fowarding)

Hi,
I have a WRT120N which is working fine. I just bought a IOMEGA network drive and found i had to port foward the router so i could acess it from outsite my private network. I did everything written here and the UPNP option wont work.
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WRT120N/Iomega_Home_Media_Network_Har...
But still, it wont port fowart. I tested for ports here
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
and the ports are closed. I cant acess it no matter what. What do i have to do for this to work
PLEASE HELP ME. ITS DRIVING ME NUTS.
Dan

Bypass the router and connect your PC to the modem. Use your port checker and see if the ports are open. If the results come up as closed, then you will need to have these accessible from the modem. Otherwise, no amount of port forwarding, triggering or DMZ will get these ports to open on the router.

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