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Port Forwarding Headache!

  • 10-06-2009 1:39am
    #1
    Zangetsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭


    I've done this on a millions of times on Windows machines but can't crack it on the Mac..!

    I have a netopia modem(192.168.1.254) with port 37970 open on both UTP and TCP with the internal IP set to 192.168.2.xx (static ip on the mac).

    I have a Belkin N1 router (192.168.2.1) with 37970 open on UTP and TCP pointing to my the static ip on the mac aswell.

    My network settings on the mac are set to DHCP with manual as 192.168.2.xx

    What am I missing here?!? Should I have the modem pointing to the router ip then the router to the mac ip or somthing?

    Thanks!

    Latest OSX btw...


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,698 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    It's been a while since I've had to do this but yeah, the modem should point to the router and the router to the Mac.

    Where it gets confusing is the IP addresses. I assume you've got the modem connected to the router's WAN port. So the modem should point to the external/WAN IP of the router. And then the router should point to the Mac.

    So the router should have two IP addresses. An external WAN IP that the modem is pointing to. And an internal LAN IP that the Mac and other computers are getting their connection from.

    Does that make any sense? lol.

    It's a bit of a nightmare alright. Does the modem have a bridging mode or something? Would be a lot less hassle.


  • #3
    cpu-dude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭cpu-dude


    Zangetsu wrote: »
    I've done this on a millions of times on Windows machines but can't crack it on the Mac..!

    I have a netopia modem(192.168.1.254) with port 37970 open on both UTP and TCP with the internal IP set to 192.168.2.xx (static ip on the mac).

    I have a Belkin N1 router (192.168.2.1) with 37970 open on UTP and TCP pointing to my the static ip on the mac aswell.

    My network settings on the mac are set to DHCP with manual as 192.168.2.xx

    What am I missing here?!? Should I have the modem pointing to the router ip then the router to the mac ip or somthing?

    Thanks!

    Latest OSX btw...
    Netopia (DHCP on, Firewall off, No Bridge, Always On) --> LAN cable to WAN on Belkin (Dynamic IP, NAT on, open port 37970 on UDP / TCP to IP 192.168.2.x) --> Static IP on Mac --> Connect with LAN or WLAN --> Done :)

    connect-wireless-router.jpg

    PS: I love IMG links!


  • #4
    Zangetsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Zangetsu


    Thanks lads, never heard of having to connect to a WAN IP too!

    Much love!


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