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Port forwarding on WNDR 4500
Im using a WNDR4500. Im not sure which version, but Netgear genei doesnt say if its any particular one so I assumed it was the first one. Im trying to host a server from my computer that my friends...
Ok I figured it out! When you mentioned a NAT Router blocking my port I did some researsh to understand what you meant. To put it in layman terms for people like me, it means that the motem box is blocking your router from connecting to the outside world. I connected to my motems network and when into its settings (Im using Windstream) and I disabled all the firewalls. The I made a new port. I took the internal IP that was belonging to my router: 192.168.254.64 and ported port 25565 using TCP/UDP. Then the port checker was displaying my port was open and my firends were able to join my server. Thank you for the kind help, and I'm sorry if I gave you any hard times!!!
Ok I figured it out! When you mentioned a NAT Router blocking my port I did some researsh to understand what you meant. To put it in layman terms for people like me, it means that the motem box is blocking your router from connecting to the outside world. I connected to my motems network and when into its settings (Im using Windstream) and I disabled all the firewalls. The I made a new port. I took the internal IP that was belonging to my router: 192.168.254.64 and ported port 25565 using TCP/UDP. Then the port checker was displaying my port was open and my firends were able to join my server. Thank you for the kind help, and I'm sorry if I gave you any hard times!!!
> [...] the motem box is blocking your router from connecting to the
> outside world. [...]
It's still spelled "modem", and, apparently, yours is a modem+router,
not a simple modem.
> The router is connected to a motem that I got from Windstream, im not
> sure what model it is though.
Knowing the maker and model of that device would have been helpful in
determining that.
> [...] I connected to my motems network and when into its settings (Im
> using Windstream) and I disabled all the firewalls. [...]
I don't know exactly what that means, but if you still have multiple
routers in your network, then you can expect more problems in the
future.
Generally, you want one router. When you have two routers, you might
have two ways to change that. One: Configure your modem+router as a
modem only, and use the WNDR4500 as your only router. Two: Configure
the WNDR4500 as a wireless access point.
Because I still know nothing about your "Windstream" modem+router, I
can't say how you might configure it.
To configure the WNDR4500 as a WAP, visit http://netgear.com/support
, put in your (actual) model number, and look for Documentation. Get
the User Manual. Look for "AP Mode" or "access point".
> [...] I'm sorry if I gave you any hard times!!!
Answering (obvious) questions about your equipment would waste less
of everyone's time.