Help with Linksys Cable/DSL Router

well.....once you have your router setup on the network so that external hits will reach your router, you enter the routers setup menu by entering th eip address of the router in your browser....mine is 192.168.1.1

from the setup menu, you should hit the 'advanced' menu tab, then select forwarding. here, you can enter the FTP port (20-21) and tell the router to forward this fort to the IP address of your ftp machine. no problemo....

next, you will need to enter the 'filters' menu tab. at the bottom of the screen, select 'disable' for 'block WAN request'. This will allow WAN pings to reach your router, and then be forwarded to opther machines.

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thanks antivirus! I did the first part, about the IP fowarding because I read it in a tutorial, but it never said anything about the "block WAN request"... just a simple click to disable it and everything works... but it doesn't seem that people on the Internet can connect to it... I only found that people on my network are able to connect to my FTP... I'm not sure if it's my router, or maybe the other person had connection problems...

is the router connected directly to an outside line? where does the cable that is going into the "wan" port on the router come from? Have you assigned the router a static IP address? if so, is it an 'external, routable' address?

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I have my router connected to my university's LAN, and I'm not sure if each room is given a static IP or that I have to use DHCP.

I would guess DHCP...Are you using the router to connect to the internet? If you are and have not changed settings, DHCP.

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i think you have to have entered a static IP address in the router in order for the port forwarding aspect to work. but red zealot is also right, you probably need to run DHCP in order to accept an ID from your LAN server. If the DHCP server on your LAN issues external, routable addresses, you can sort of do both by doing the following: setup the router to obtain its IP address from the server (DHCP), which is probably how its setup now. then enter the routers setup interface again and click on the 'status' tab. here, your current router ip address and other relevant information is listed. this has been supplied to you through DHCP. copy all this down or print the page. now, go back to the 'setup' tab and select 'specify an address'. here, enter the information from the 'status' tab completely, including the DNS server address, gateway, etc. this way, you will never release your lease on that IP address from the DHCP server (because the router is always on it will always respond to the 'refresh' request), and can use that address to forward ports and receive internet pings, etc.

this has some drawbacks. if your IP address is everchanged on the LAN, you will have to adjust the information on the router as well. you will know if this happens because you will suddenly have no internet access.....

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Thanks red zealot and antivirus! I just realized that when I pull the plug and plug it back in and redetect the proxy settings, the DCHP server gives me a new IP! So I guess I'll have to keep changing the IP in the router's settings in order to foward the ports. It's a pain in the ass but I guess it's the only way to run a server. Thanks you guys.

So basically what you're saying is to use the dynamic IP my DHCP server gives me and turn it into a static IP?<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by No_Tone on 10/28/01 05:28 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

yeah, thats my suggestion. i use the dynamic IP supplied by my ISP and turn it into a static one in the same way and it works fine. i hope the same is true for you. as long as you dont turn off your router, the DHCP server on your network should (theoretically) never release your lease on that IP address......goos luck, amigo.

ive been using the same 'dynamic' IP for over a year now.....

ignore everything i say<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by antivirus on 10/28/01 08:17 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

thanks antivirus! I owe you big time