Port Forwarding with Double Routers

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Last response: April 2, 2012 11:51 PM in Networking

XP105

April 2, 2012 4:20:09 PM

Hello all,
I currently have the following system:
Modem -> NETGEAR DGN 1000 -> TP-LINK TL-WR340GD -> Computers
And I'm trying to open up port 51234 to allow me to host using Maptools, but I can't find a way to do this.
Netgear is on 192.168.0.1
TP-Link is on 192.168.1.1
Ideally, I'd like to not have to change this.
Thanks in advance.

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PhilFrisbie

April 2, 2012 7:25:40 PM

The Netgear needs to forward port 51235 to the external address of the TP-Link, and then the TP-Link can forward the port to your machine.

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XP105

April 2, 2012 8:20:46 PM

How do I do that? I've put in the service, but when I try to add it to firewall rules, and enter 192.168.1.1, it says "IP Address is illegal!"

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PhilFrisbie

April 2, 2012 11:51:22 PM

XP105 said:

How do I do that? I've put in the service, but when I try to add it to firewall rules, and enter 192.168.1.1, it says "IP Address is illegal!"

I assume you are trying the Netgear first? You need to use the EXTERNAL, or WAN, IP address for the TP-Link router, and that would be a 192.168.0.x address.

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