Help me!

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Jan 25 2006, 5:33 pm
i got DSL yesterday and now because of this crappy little black box known as a router i cant host games....well i can host games but players cant login....since i'm making a game i need to host it....is there a way to make it so i can host and players can join.
Jan 25 2006, 5:37 pm
Jan 26 2006, 7:43 am
In response to Jp
which one do i choose?my computer is a compaq presario.and the little box says speed stream on it.
Jan 26 2006, 8:42 am
In response to Dragon_fire6653
ok i looked on the bottom of my router and it is A siemens router but when i went to portforward.com and what was under siemens wasnt any of the names it says on the buttom of my router.So what do i do please help me!

Jan 26 2006, 8:44 am
In response to Dragon_fire6653
Siemens, ey.

Get you ip ( http://www.whatismyip.com ) and open the url as a webpage (ctrl+L, and enter your url).
Then go to Advanced Configuration;
Id - Admin
pass - Admin

Then go to NAT OR Virtual server.
Jan 26 2006, 9:23 am
In response to Mysame
advanced configuration on what?
Jan 26 2006, 9:24 am
In response to Mysame
Mysame wrote:
Get you ip ( http://www.whatismyip.com ) and open the url as a webpage (ctrl+L, and enter your url).

Um, wouldn't http://localhost/ do the samething? ;x

- GhostAnime
Jan 26 2006, 9:31 am
In response to GhostAnime
Not if you're not on the localhost o.O
Jan 27 2006, 4:30 pm
In response to Dragon_fire6653
my router must be a speedstream....its the only thing that could be its type.....
Feb 1 2006, 5:03 pm
In response to Dragon_fire6653
i have no clue what to do.....can someone tell steps more specificly.....on the bottom of my router theres quite a bit of numbers but most of them seem to have no impotance the only ones that really seem to mean anything is Siemens and SpeedStream6520.....If speedstream is the type of router it is PortForward.com does not have anything about it.
Feb 1 2006, 6:33 pm
In response to Dragon_fire6653
Go to Start -> Run, type in "cmd"

It will open up the command prompt. Type "ipconfig".

This will bring up various information. You will need to look at the default gateway. Look at the default gateway, and type in http://[insert default gateway here]/, then it will bring up your router config page.

Enter in your username and password.

[OPTIONS]

You will most likely come up with several tabs or menu options. If you want to play is safe, find one that says something like "Port Forwarding."

Open up the port and ( for the sake of this article ) type in the port number, your internal IP, and when it asks Protocol, put in both ( It should have like, TCP, UDP, then Both. I'm not sure which BYOND uses, so if someone else would like to come back and correct me, please do so. )

Save and reset.

Try again.

-OR-

If you do not want to play it safe, find "DMZ" or DeMilitaration Zone ( I know I spelled the first word wrong ) and enter in your local IP. For either of these methods to work, you'll need to ( IIRC, don't remember ) assign a special IP to your MAC address, which can be found with an "ipconfig/all" in console.

DMZ pretty much forwards any incoming/outgoing traffic on your router to you, if I understand that part correctly.