Connection problems (Calling The_Niddler)

[brwnbear]

I rebooted 3 times just in case.

Not sure what you mean by static. On the status it says:

Address Settings: Manual

The PS3 IP address matches the DMZ settings on the Private IP. The static IP on the DMZ has different numbers for the last two settings.

Is this right?

What is port forwarding?

[The_Niddler]

the ones that show different, I don't think you can change those, can you?

And port forwarding...in my original message today...



1. Go to the Firewall => Virtual Servers tab. This is where your Port Forwarding settings are located. This is what the screen is of above.
2. If you have any current entries in here, write them down or take a picture of your screen. Then disable or remove entries you have entered for forwarding unless you want to keep certain ports going to some other network device (ie PC). The Port forwarding feature supposedly overides the DMZ feature for the any entered ports.
NOTE: But Keep this information in case you need it later or want to go back to port forwarding. So I recommend taking a picture of your screen.

For description, put in PS3
put in the following ports and types in each line...

1. 10070-10080 TCP
2. 80-80 TCP
3. 50000-50000 UDP
4. 6000-7000 UDP
5. 10070-10080 UDP

Put in your PS3's IP address in the private ip address fields...

Then like in the picture above, the inbound ports will match the private ports out to the right.

[The_Niddler]

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[brwnbear]

And I forgot about this option too:
http://onlinedynasty.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1970

The links provided at the bottom dont work. Should I call AT&T and tell them to bridge the modem? Will this effect the security of my laptop?

[The_Niddler]

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[The_Niddler]

The question came up towards the end last night about bridging your modem.

This applies only to a modem / router combination.

So brwnbear, in your situation, this will not help at all since you have a standard, plain modem.

A modem without a router provides the public IP address at the Internet feed port.
If you put a router in, the public IP address is seen at the router Internet or WAN port.
The router LAN port (or ports if it also has a network switch built in) has a private or nonrouteable IP address that is seen by the device hooked onto it.
This is Network Access Translation or NAT.

In the normal mode a modem/router has the router active.
It translates the public IP address via Network Access Translation (NAT) as routers are supposed to do and you do not see the public IP address.

In bridge mode, the public IP address is seen at the LAN port, not the private nonrouteable IP address.

If you bridge the modem/router you have for all practical purposes disabled the router part of the modem/router.
You then need a third party router.
If you have a static IP address you will want to have the modem bridged and you will install your own router.
This way the router will see the public IP address and route requests properly for things like web servers, FTP servers, VPN, etc.

So again, with a standard modem, you will not be able to bridge it as it does not have a router in it.

[huskerskev84]

I had an Embarq 660 modem and my own wireless router...when I bridged the modem i was able to connect to everyone and that eliminated my problem.

Now I have an Embarq 660 combination wireless router/modem and was having the same issue. Once I put it into bridge mode it has fixed my problem as well.

Is this a coincidence? Heck if I know, but either way it works.

Just by reading what you wrote, i get that you say it won't help in both cases so i'm not sure what it did for me. Either way, they both changed my NAT type like it needed to.

[The_Niddler]

thanks for the info huskerkev84.

I was just posting what I was reading about online.

Many people stated that you can only bridge a modem if it has a router in it, but obviously, that is not true.
I have never needed to do it.

Turning on uPnP or port forwarding or DMZ'ing has always worked for me.

So that is the one area I have no experience with.

But I will have people try it in the future.