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Forum: Geek Forum Topic: Port Fowarding started by: caseman984 Posted by caseman984 on Mar. 15 2002,02:39
I have here in my home, a simple network running. 3 computers, "Knowledge" (my server, big HDD), "Wisdom" (The gaming machine), and "Experience" (My father's mahcine, ancient, but still runs XP). They are set up on a normal ICS ethernet network. Wisodom is the gateway. I came across the problem of not being able to establish outgoing DCC connectons on Knowledge. I looked around, and found that I had to forward the ports, so that it could get around the shared internet connection. Ip masking and all that good stuff. Problem is.. IRC DCC connections use the range of 1024-5000. Windows XP port-forwarding only forwards one port at a time. The daunting task of setting up 3976 seperate ports to be forwarded dosn't sound like uch fun to me. As of now, I have set it up as an FTP (you wanna look around, contact me), but fserves are so much better and easier to use. Queues are your friend.So basically can anyone tell me how I can set up windows XP to forward a range of ports? Or prehaps you can find another solution to this problem besides changeing the computer configurations on the network. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I wouldn't turn to you guys for tech support unless I didn't have anywhere left to go..so thanks. Posted by DuSTman on Mar. 15 2002,14:14
Dunno, maybe you could try a different NAT server package, such as NAT32?
Posted by RadioActive on Mar. 15 2002,14:41
I can only suume that you use windows XP internec connection sharing, because most of gateway software such as WinProxy and WinGate all have port forwarding options built in. Well I ran into simmilar problems when I wanted to use ssh on my linux box from outside. I ended up having to sesort to third party port forwarding/mapping software. I have tried several, but half a year ago most of the programs wouldn't work under xp, but this one did. And it didn't seem to hang or crash. It's called < AnalogX Port Mapper > and it's a pretty small program that allows you to forward ports. I am pretty sure you can set up port ranges as opposed to a single port. If not, just google for some port forwarding/mapping software that works under xp.
Posted by aventari on Mar. 19 2002,07:02
Install linux and use ipmasqadm with the portfw module
Posted by Wiley on Mar. 19 2002,15:26
Buy a < Linksys > proxy router. They got a nice Proxy/Firewall/Wireless Access Point/4-port 100Mb switch box that pretty much solves all the connection issues at once. Pretty much every network company around makes a cheap proxy-router now. The nice think about a hardware proxy device is that you are not running network traffic through one machine all the time. The Linksys will allow port forwarding for ranges of addresses and also give you and option to put a host onto the DMZ. As an added bonus your XP box is not hanging with it's ass on the public internet waiting to be h4x0r3d.
Posted by CNCJake on Mar. 25 2002,05:59
In accordance with my habit of never expressing an original opinion, I would definitely have to agree with Wiley. I used to work for Ositis (WinProxy), and would recommend a hardware solution like Linksys or Netgear in almost all cases. The networking physics almost always favor hardware over software. Also, Having your XP box hanging around in the open is not great. Take a look at all the security patches offered for Win2K, and then think about all the security patches yet to come to XP, especially with all the open socket crap. So go buy a cheap-ass router, it makes life easier and you also get more blinking lights!
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