[G4] Open ports on Linksys Router

[k s d]

Thanks Marc!
I think it worked like a charm! - Quick & Easy. I'll find out tonight after 
I get home and make sure.
Thanks for sharing that link.. I couldn't find it for some reason.
-kevin



>From: "listz" <listz at xs4all.nl>
>Reply-To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: Re: [G4] Open ports on Linksys Router
>Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:46:59 +0100
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "k s d" <ksd003 at hotmail.com>
>To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 04:07:28 PM
>Subject: [G4] Open ports on Linksys Router
>
> > Hi all. I want to open some ports on my Linksys Wireless-G router.
> > Below is a snipit from the Linksys help regarding port forwarding:
> >
> >    When users send this type of request to your network via the 
>Internet,
> > the Router will forward those
> >    requests to the appropriate PC. Any PC whose port is being forwarded
>must
> > have its DHCP client
> >    function disabled and must have a new static IP address assigned to 
>it
> > because its IP address may
> >    change when using the DHCP function.
> >
> > I do have my network settings set to "Configure: Using DHCP". After
>reading
> > above, I see that I probably have it set wrong. If I configure manually,
> > what is enatailed with assigning a custom IP address with my G4? I also
>have
> > a PC running XP wirelessly from the router. What do I need to do there? 
>I
> > know these may may seem like broad questions, but I'm not even sure what
>to
> > ask - Sorry, I really don't know much about this stuff. If the info I 
>need
> > is something I could figure out by reading a couple of links, they would
>be
> > welcomed also.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Kevin
>
>
>Hi Kevin,
>
>Yes if you want to do port forwarding, your Mac and PC must have DHCP
>disabled otherwise if your IP changes (f.e if you re-connect at a later
>time) the router can't find the IP address.
>
>Best thing you can do is to assign IP numbers manually, to do this in OS X:
>Open System Preferences/Network and show Built-in Ethernet if your G4 is
>hard wired, otherwise select Airport.
>Now change Configure IPv4 at the top to Manually, fill in by IP-address
>192.168.1.2, subnetmask 255.255.255.0 and for router and DNS-server
>192.168.1.1 (this is from Linksys itself saying that your router has the IP
>192.168.1.1, see URL below), click apply, and you're done on the Mac. To
>check if the router uses indeed 192.168.1.1 look at the settings before you
>change it from DHCP to manually.
>
>I have no experience with setting up a wireless PC, but I guess it's almost
>the same as setting up a hard wired PC:
>Open Start menu, on the right colum right click on Network Locations to ask
>it's properties (or do it from the desktop), it'll open a new window 
>showing
>your network connection which is probably your wireless connection, right
>click on that connection to ask it's properties, now click on the Internet
>protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties, now change the option to "Use the
>following IP address", fill in 192.168.1.3 for IP-address, subnet mask
>255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.1.1, enable "Use following DNS-server
>addresses", use 192.168.1.1. Then click OK, and OK.
>
>Now you're done setting up your Mac and PC with manual IP-adresses:
>Mac 192.168.1.2
>PC 192.168.1.3
>
>Now if you want to do a port forward for an app the Mac uses you have to
>forward that port to 192.168.1.2, for the PC 192.168.1.3
>
>See the explanation for port forwarding for the Linksys WRT54G here:
><http://www.linksys.com/support/top10faqs/wrt54g/Port%20forwarding%20or%20op
>ening%20ports%20on%20the%20WRT54G.asp>
>
>HTH,
>Marc
>

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