benb Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I have recently bought a Linksys WRT54GC, and I am trying to forward some ports. It does not seem to be working. I have a screenshot of the problem here. Any ideas? A DMZ works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 You could use a DMZ, but I believe the port forwarding should work.Have you checked Linksys' website for information about configuring your router?A quick google search returns this page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benb Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 No, I haven't checked Linksys's website but I used to own a WRT54GS and the interface is the exact same. I think it is a little hard to screw up in the configuration of one of these routers. They are just so dead simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 You might try a full scan with Shields Up! to see what's open. Your server must also be configured to handle incoming traffic on those port numbers appropriately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Your port forwarding is setup correctly - are you sure the server is running on the computer? Also, most firewall checkers report the difference between CLOSED and STEALTH. The shot you posted reported it as CLOSED. If your port forwarding were not working, it would have been STEALTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible§niper Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I had a problem once using the basic echo request ping port, and the problem was that I would kill the McAphee firewall in the task manager but it was actually still running as a service in the services.msc configuration index. And to make things even more annoying the McAphee GUI does not allow you to specify the ports/services that can be run, only gives you three options for all security settings which are: low security, medium security, and high security and it can get quite confusing when you do not know what services are being blocked by particular settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 the McAfee GUI does not allow you to specify the ports/services that can be run, only gives you three options for all security settings which are: low security, medium security, and high security and it can get quite confusing when you do not know what services are being blocked by particular settings.I must have a different McAfee firewall to you as I have Trusting security, Standard security and Tight security.I usually leave it on Standard security but when online banking I used to set it to Tight security but I don't bother now since upgrading to a SpeedTouch modem/router with it's own hardware firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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