Port forwarding

[Scrach]

I figured out I need to do some port forwarding crap on my router to alow me to host games.  I know where to get the port numbers and stuff I just need a good description of how to set them.  

My router is a lynksys

thx

[.vooDoo.]

login to your router using 192.168.1.1 by default username and pw are admin.

goto advanced/forwarding.

put the ports in the port fields and the ip of the computer you hosting on.(ie:192.168.1.100) You can go into your system prefs and click on network to get the machine ip.

thats it, hit apply and continue.

good luck
voods

[GhRa> Skipper]

why is it 192.168.1.1 and not 192.168.0.1?
if It has to do with router, nm, but I was just wondering...  I have netgear, and I made a schedule to allow certain ports to be forwarded to the computer I host on, and its worked fine. =D  I have no idea why im writing this, but hey.. lol

[BFG]

lol skipper.

btw. There is an alternative to the port forwarding etc which is to use DMZ (DemiliterisedZone) which basically pops your computer up from behind the firewall - downside is decrease in security... upside is lack of fiddling about with ports.

[Scrach]

Well thx for answering an old post but I figured it out.  I don't like DMZ because might as well just be directly connected to the internet.