Portforwarding

[MeteorRain]

Hey,

I just made this tutorial quickly for the few people who do now know how to do this.

Portforwarding is not hard to do at all.

(Note 1: If you don't have wireless connection you don't need to portforward)

Just follow these steps:

Step 1: Static IP

To portforward, you need a static IP. Usually all routers have dynamic IP, which means the IP constantly changes.

A static IP is just one non-changing IP. You need to do this, otherwise portforwarding won't work.

Okay, first, open up your cmd: (Just open "run" and type "cmd")

Now, type ipconfig/all:

1\. 

Remember the stuff in the white lines, write them down or leave the cmd open.

2\. 

Click on the thing in the black lines (Sorry for the Dutch language, but it should still be understandable where to click)

3\. 

Press this

4\. 

Right-click your wireless connection, click on properties

5\. 

Right-click on the thing in the black lines, click on properthis

Now this should pop-up

6\. 

7\. 

As I said in the picture, enter all the stuff from the ip/config all. If you notice your internet connection is down, revert it to dynamic ip-address and try it again.

NOTE: At the IP-Address, change the last number to something else

For example, my IP address, as you can see in the picture was 192.168.2.7\. If I wanted a static IP-Address, I could change that to 192.168.2.70.

Alright, this was setting up the static-IP. The hardest part is done, now to the easiest part.

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Step 2: Portforwarding

Note: For this I will be using my router, fritz.box. This should still give you an idea on how to do it on your own router. If you really can't figure it out, go to google and find out how to do it for your router.

1\. Alright, open up cmd. Type ipconfig (NOT ipconfig/all). Look at "Default Gateway" (The last one). Enter that in your URL-bar to connect to your router.

2\. You should see your router interface:


Now, as I said before, find out where to click to see the port-forwarding interface (the place where you have to open the ports).

3\. 

Alright, that was portforwarding in the router. Now the easiest part. Opening it in your firewall. (I am not going to use any pictures for this as it is very easy).

Note: This is for windows firewall. If you are using a specific anti-virus firewall, look up on google how to open ports for your anti-virus firewall.

1\. Open control panel

2\. Press "System and Security" (The first one, upper left corner).

3\. Press "Windows Firewall"

4\. Click on "Allow a program through windows firewall".

5\. The rest should be self-explanatory. Press on new ports, TCP, enter ports. etc

[TheRexion]

Because the other tutorials were inadequate at explaining this? I guess we need a bunch more tutorials of the same thing?

Ah well, this isn't a bad tutorial by any stretch of the imagination, if I ignore the German, I can get the gist of it.

[abhi2011]

I don't suppose how changing a few stuff in internet properties will make IP static. that IP you made us to change is actually network IP. Dynamic IP/Static IP is given by the ISP.