Hey guys,
This is going to be an awkward explanation because I can't find a way to organize it well; please just try to follow along, and if you don't understand something, tell me.
I'm trying to set up a Minecraft server by port forwarding. However, I'm connected through 2 network devices.
The first I know is a router. It's the Linksys E2500, and I'm connected to it through Ethernet.
The device that the router is connected to is a bit strange. It's the gateway that Comcast provided us with, and seems to be a gateway, modem, and router all in one. Therefore, I don't know whether I'm connected to the router or the gateway. I don't know the model of it either, because Comcast gave very little information and there are no resources I can find online, even in the gateway's page. (10.0.0.1) I just know that the model is the same or similar to the one in the picture under "wireless gateways".
http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/comcast-supported-routers-gateways-adapters/
On the gateway's control page, I am completely lost. It's not like any router I've dealt with before, as close to nothing seems to be editable. Also, the layout of the page is weird, and I can't even find a place set a static IP. I'm thinking that it's probably not the router, but as I state in the next section, I don't know where that router is.
If I am connected to the router on the gateway, I don't know the local IP address. I've tried all variations of 192.168.x.x, but only the 1.1 works, and it's the linksys router.
My problem is that port forwarding through just the router doesn't seem to work, and I have no idea how to port forward through 2 routers. What's more, the few tutorials I've seen on port forwarding through 2 routers don't cover what I should do on the awkward layout of my gateway page, if that's even where I'm supposed to be.
I can't use wireless connections either, because both devices are too far away for me to receive a signal.
So can anyone help me do this? I just need to know how to port forward through the mess of a network I'm in.
Alternatively, I thought about getting an Ethernet splitter and connecting one of the outputs to my computer and the other to the router (there are still people in my house who need the wireless on that router). How would that work? And would port forwarding be the same?
Once again, sorry for the awkward organization of all of the information.
Thanks in advance!
This is going to be an awkward explanation because I can't find a way to organize it well; please just try to follow along, and if you don't understand something, tell me.
I'm trying to set up a Minecraft server by port forwarding. However, I'm connected through 2 network devices.
The first I know is a router. It's the Linksys E2500, and I'm connected to it through Ethernet.
The device that the router is connected to is a bit strange. It's the gateway that Comcast provided us with, and seems to be a gateway, modem, and router all in one. Therefore, I don't know whether I'm connected to the router or the gateway. I don't know the model of it either, because Comcast gave very little information and there are no resources I can find online, even in the gateway's page. (10.0.0.1) I just know that the model is the same or similar to the one in the picture under "wireless gateways".
http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/comcast-supported-routers-gateways-adapters/
On the gateway's control page, I am completely lost. It's not like any router I've dealt with before, as close to nothing seems to be editable. Also, the layout of the page is weird, and I can't even find a place set a static IP. I'm thinking that it's probably not the router, but as I state in the next section, I don't know where that router is.
If I am connected to the router on the gateway, I don't know the local IP address. I've tried all variations of 192.168.x.x, but only the 1.1 works, and it's the linksys router.
My problem is that port forwarding through just the router doesn't seem to work, and I have no idea how to port forward through 2 routers. What's more, the few tutorials I've seen on port forwarding through 2 routers don't cover what I should do on the awkward layout of my gateway page, if that's even where I'm supposed to be.
I can't use wireless connections either, because both devices are too far away for me to receive a signal.
So can anyone help me do this? I just need to know how to port forward through the mess of a network I'm in.
Alternatively, I thought about getting an Ethernet splitter and connecting one of the outputs to my computer and the other to the router (there are still people in my house who need the wireless on that router). How would that work? And would port forwarding be the same?
Once again, sorry for the awkward organization of all of the information.
Thanks in advance!