Free ports on the router

[WhiteFang]

Well, when I want to host a server I'm pinging. I searched through the old threads and I found something about ports on the router wich need to be free or open? How do I know if they are open (I guess they're not open, since I can't host :) ) and how do I open/free them?
Thanks!!!

[WhiteFang]

*help* please?

*begging*

Pleeaasse?!

:P

[Newspaz]

"Open 10052 and 10054 on TCP and UDP Inbound and Outbound."

I recommend you searching this forum anyway. There must have been like 20 topics about this.

[WhiteFang]

As I said I read them, but how do you open them?

[Link]

You need to get to the configuration screen for your router. This is usually done through a web browser, and you'll have to find out from the router manual or the person who installed the router what the address is. After that, go to a port forwarding\virtual server\port triggering\etc section and change the necessary settings.

[Turtleslayer]

Try 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 in yer web browser. One of those will probably work. Then just set ports 10052 and 10054 to forward to your computer's internal IP address, which you can find by running winipcfg under windows 9x or using the command ipconfig in a dos prompt in windows NT/2000/XP. If the router configuration screen doesn't make it all that clear, check out the manual if you still have it or go to the manufacturer's website and download the manual in PDF if you don't. Hope that helps. :)

[Link]

If 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 don't work, get the address by taking the first three numbers of the internal IP, and putting a 1 as the fourth number. For example:

If ipconfig or winipcfg told you that your IP was 192.168.x.y, the address of your router would be 192.168.x.1.

[WhiteFang]

Thanks guys, I'll try tomorrow, 'cause I'm to tired now to understand all the English... ;-)
But thanks alot!!!

[sp0rk]

If you are the only one on your network that needs the ability to host things, just set yourself as the DMZ Host.

[Link]

That's a very bad idea if you are on a network, unless your router lets you disclude certain ports from the DMZ. Computer networks use certain ports (139 is one of them) for all the file sharing stuff, and if you have a DMZ on a computer, hackers can easily get in and wreak havoc on your network shares and printers.

I've found a better solution than port forwarding or DMZ, but it isn't included in all routers. It is an option called "port triggering". Basically there are outgoing ports chosen, which when used, will open up specified incoming ports to the computer the outgoing ports were from. This makes it so that you can use the game on any computer without going into the router settings, and also keeps the ports closed until you need them, making less of a security risk.