Linksys WAG160N port question....

[StevieP]

I've recently bought a Linksys WAG160N router and since plugging it in I've not been able to connect to a friends multiplayer games through my PS3!
My question is, in the port range forwarding section it wont allow me to put the IP address as "192.168.1.1" as it insists on the final digit being 3 digits long eg. "192.168.1.100" - wheras my previous router (a Linksys WAG54GS) let me leave it as "192.168.1.1" - is the address I need the ".100" at the end??

I know I need to open about 4 ports for the playstation network (followed the instruction on www.portforward.com) but it does keep telling me about needing a static IP address!?!? - Is this right??

Thanks guys...

StevieP

 

[blastman]

to be able to port forward, you need to give the devices that you are forwarding to static IP addresses. Otherwise the IP addresses of these devices will change each time the device is turned on, messing up all the port forwarding configuration you've done on your router.

As for only being able to give the last octet 3 digits, I'd just run with it and give the devices your trying to forward to addresses like 101, 102 and so on.


Hope it helps.

 

[StevieP]

So by me putting in the ports for the PS3 as 192.168.1.100, its not necessarily opening them for my PS3 if the PS3 has been assigned a different IP????
I thought by putting in the routers IP address (ie. .100) - it would open the ports for anything connecting to the net through that router?!?!

Also, I thought enabling uPNP on the router would open ports itself anyway??

Thanks.....

StevieP

 

[blastman]

So by me putting in the ports for the PS3 as 192.168.1.100, its not necessarily opening them for my PS3 if the PS3 has been assigned a different IP????

Bang on.

I thought by putting in the routers IP address (ie. .100) - it would open the ports for anything connecting to the net through that router?!?!

Also, I thought enabling uPNP on the router would open ports itself anyway??

Thanks.....

StevieP

Port forwarding is very specific. you need to get the device set with a static IP address and then tell your router to forward all traffic on a certain port to that IP address.

As for the uPNP, others will be able to help. I haven't got a router with those capability's!


hope it helps.

 

[Skidilliplop]

I've recently bought a Linksys WAG160N router and since plugging it in I've not been able to connect to a friends multiplayer games through my PS3!
My question is, in the port range forwarding section it wont allow me to put the IP address as "192.168.1.1" as it insists on the final digit being 3 digits long eg. "192.168.1.100" - wheras my previous router (a Linksys WAG54GS) let me leave it as "192.168.1.1" - is the address I need the ".100" at the end??

I know I need to open about 4 ports for the playstation network (followed the instruction on www.portforward.com) but it does keep telling me about needing a static IP address!?!? - Is this right??

Thanks guys...

StevieP

Just a thought, when it insists on 3 digits have you tried 001 or 010 etc?

 

[StevieP]

Thanks for the feedback guys but having done some reading last night I understand that I shouldnt have to open any ports as my router supports uPNP - which I've been told should open any ports needed automatically?!?

Is this right??

Cheers,

StevieP

 

[Skidilliplop]

Sort of.
uPnP isn't fool proof and it'll open up some ports but not reliably. It works well for things like torrent clients where the connetions are initiated from behind the NAT it won't work for hosting things where the initial request comes from outside the NAT, you will need static port forwarding for that.