how to setup port forwarding
kaniki:
I am at a total loss here on how to set this up. Here is how I have my setup. Cable modem -> Obi202 -> 16 port switch -> computers. I, from time to time will download stuff from Utorrent, and when I do, I will let others upload off of me too. My problem is that I can not get an open port so that Utorrent can upload off of me. I can only download. and I can not figure out how to open it up so others can upload. Here is what I have done.
I have gone into the obi202 and under DHCP reservation, I have reserved 192.168.10.150 for my computer. I put in my computer name, enabled it though the checkmark box, etc. I have set the IP on my computer to a static IP of that too. I have, under the firewall and DMZ settings, set the firewall from default to enabled, VPN is enabled, and I set the DMZ to go enabled with the host ip ending in 150. Under port forwarding, I have set it to enabled for both protocols, with the port going from 64573 to an ending of 64574, and I need 64573 open. The IP that it is set to go to is 150 too. I left port to open as it said under the description that you only need it if the start and ending port are the same.
Even after all of this, i have tried rebooting, and even unplugging the device for 30 seconds to make sure everything was clear and fresh, and plugged it back in. But when I do a scan on utorrent, it still says that the port is closed. I had no problems before, when I had my phonepower VOIP box, but for some reason, I can not get that port to open on the Boi202 device. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get it open, or what I am doing wrong.
SteveInWA:
Plug the 16-port switch into the cable modem, and then plug the OBi into the switch, not the other way around. The built-in router in the OBi is too limited in function and performance; I don't recommend using it. Just treat the OBi as one more thing plugged into your local network switch, along with your computer(s).
kaniki:
I cant. It is a switch, not a router. The cable company only gives out one IP address, so plugging 5 devices into a switch that can only give 1 IP address is not going to work very well. If I had a DHCP server, or if it was a router, not a switch, then it would work fine, but alas, it is not, and do not have one. I had phone power before this, and I used their box in the same way, and had it that way for years, with no problems. so when I switched over to obi, I just replaced the Obi box with the phone power one. Everything worked fine with that one, but if I cant get this one to do it, I guess I will just not be able to do it. That is why I was asking though.. because I tried everything that I could think of and nothing worked, so I thought maybe there was something I was missing. Probably just a glitch in the programming of it.
SteveInWA:
Hunh? Just buy a router.
Cable modem --> typical consumer wireless router --> switch --> your gizmos.
drgeoff:
Even with the 202's firewall enabled I wouldn't feel safe permanently exposing it and everything behind it to all the nasty people on the internet. Do as SteveInWA says plus don't put anything in a DMZ.
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