How do i forward ports on a microsoft router?

[amzombie 0]

i am having issues with my microsoft 802.11g router. i have no idea how to forward ports effectively. i know how to access the router's utility and then how to get to the port forwarding options, but then i am lost. it has different options that i don't understand and isn't that easy to figure out. any help would be wonderful. specifically i am trying to forward the ports 2048, 2049, and 2176 for the game Chrome. any help would be wonderful. my msn messenger can be found using my hotmail address (voyager_am@hotmail.com). and my aol im is amzobie. thanks for the help.

[Xian Saint 0]

Does this help...

Some programs, such as Internet games and videoconferencing, require multiple ports for data transmission. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) data, for example, is sent from your computer to one port and returns to another port. These multiple port transmissions may cause problems when network address translation (NAT) is enabled on your base station, because the NAT service anticipates that data sent to one port will return to the same port.

The base station has already been configured to accommodate some common application protocols that require multiple ports, including FTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3).

To configure port forwarding for other programs that require multiple ports, you must specify the outbound (destination) port to which data that follows a particular protocol will be sent, and the inbound (source) port or ports to which related data will return. Essentially, you are telling the base station how to direct traffic across the networks.

The inbound ports that you specify will open only when data is first sent to the corresponding outbound port. These ports will close again after a certain amount of time has elapsed with no data sent to the inbound port.

You can set ranges of ports, multiple ports, and combinations of single and multiple ports for the inbound ports.

You can configure the base station to accommodate up to 50 programs. To identify the protocol that a program uses and the ports to which the data should be sent, consult the documentation for that program.

To establish application-triggered port forwarding

From the Home page of the Base Station Management Tool, click Security.

On the Security menu, click Port Forwarding, and then click Set up application-triggered port forwarding.

In the available Description box, type a description of the program that you want to enable.

In the Outbound port box, type the number of the outbound port. The outbound port should be one number from 0 through 65535. To determine which port the program uses, consult the documentation for the program.

In the Trigger type drop-down list, click the trigger type. The trigger type should be specified in the documentation for the program.

In the Inbound port(s) box, type the inbound port. The inbound port can be a single port or a comma-separated list of ports or port ranges. For example, you could type 4-25, or 243, or 10, 24-50, 74. You are limited to 256 characters.

In the Public type drop-down list, click the public type. The public type should be specified in the documentation for the program.

If you have the Microsoft Wireless Base Station (MN-500), select the Enable check box, and then click Apply to save your changes.

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If you have the Microsoft Wireless Base Station (MN-700), click Add to add the program to your list of programs. You can now enable, disable, edit, or delete the port-forwarding you have set up.

If a program does not function correctly after you enable multiple ports, check the documentation for the program to verify that you are enabling the correct ports to open. If you have set the correct ports to open and the program still does not function properly, you may need to establish a virtual DMZ (demilitarized zone) on one of the client computers on your network to run the program. For more information, see Virtual DMZ.

[amzombie 0]

thank you, but unfortunately i have already tried that. i have essentially tried every combonation of the three ports that Chrome's development team has sent me to get it to work. i have tried it with different ones being the outbound and inbound, along with the different trigger type and public type options (all two of them) and nothing seems to work. i then tried it by putting a dmz on my system, that also did not work. then i tried combining the two, did not work. i think it has something to do with the built in firewall, but i am not sure. i think this because the company suggests turning off firewalls to connect to the master server. thus i think that the built in firewall in the router is causing the trouble. as of right now i am getting some support from the company (techland), but since they are in poland and i am in kansas, it is kinda hard. we communicate at one email a day. again thank you for your help. i will definately come back here if i ever have troubles with my computer/network again. and i will try to remember to come back and post if i get this fixed, and how. again, for the third time, thank you.