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Guide to Forwarding Ports - clum - 24.03.2008

I decided to make this topic as the idea of port-forwarding still seems to bemuse some people.

Firstly, portforwarding is the process of unblocking ports in a firewall/router/modem/hub, etc. This allows programs to send and receive data through these ports. Most routers/modems/firewalls will need some sort of port-forwarding to allow applications to run correctly. Remember, these ports are usually blocked for reason, safety first! Unblocking these ports allows anyone to send data through them (if they know your ip and port number that is).

To unblock a port there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration:

• Are you competent enough to go fiddling with your home router's settings?
• Can you set up a static network(internal) ip for your computer?
• Are you willing to leave yourself open to all kinds of viruses that COULD be transmitted to your computer through your open ports?

If your answer to all these questions are yes, then lets continue.

Firstly, you will need your network (internal) ip address.
This will look something like 192.168.0.x
But they do vary according to router/modem etc.
To do this you need to open up a handy little tool called command prompt
With this you can do lots of computer-based things. But for now, we will only be discussing how to obtain your private network ip address.

To find command prompt you need to do the following:

For Windows Vista and XP Users:

1. Open the Start Menu
2. Select All Programs
3. Select Accessories
4. Select Command Prompt

Good, now after that you should have a nice black window showing on your screen with lots of pretty writing.

Command Prompt:



Now if you have this showing or some other variation (for Windows Vista users it may look SLIGHTLY different) then we are ready for the next step.
If you DONT then go back and follow the steps.

Now into Command Prompt type the following

ipconfig

Then hit the enter key.

You will see some more lovely writing now appearing

ipconfig



On your computer you will most likely see more network adaptors listed than in the above pic.

Now you need to determine what adaptor you use for your internet connection, this should be pretty obvious as most of the others will say media disconnected.

When you have found your correct network adaptor you need to then find the line ipv4 address this will be followed by an ip address which corresponds to your computer. The default gateway address, this is the address of your router/modem, keep this in mind as you will need it for the next part.

Now that you have obtained both addresses you need to now visit this site.

www.portforward.com

This site shows how a variety of routers can be portforwarded for a multitude of games.

Now goto http://portforward.com/english/route...outerindex.htm

Choose your router model and follow the onscreen instructions.

Bearing in mind the ip address of your router is the address shown as default gateway in the command prompt screen. The ports you need to forward will be the default SAMP ports in your script (If you haven't altered the port settings then this will be port 7777)

Hopefully after doing this you will now have forwarded the correct ports to the correct IP address of your computer.

After you have done this you may want to gather a few friends and test it out. Get them to try and join the server, and if all was done correctly then they will be able to join.
Or if you dont have any friends just ask some people you know.

Thanks for reading, if you have any suggestions then tell me and ill make the corrections.

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - GtakriZ - 24.03.2008

Very cool tutorial. It will help newbies.

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - clum - 24.03.2008

Thanks, we can always hope that they read it

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - GtakriZ - 24.03.2008

It should be stickied.

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - clum - 24.03.2008

It's up to the moderators, i only put it up because of the number of excessive posts made about blocked ports.

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - clum - 24.03.2008

Kinda surprised no-one has made a topic like this before

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - Rozzie - 24.03.2008

you was a bit late for me XD
well ever me got what you mean xD

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - clum - 25.03.2008

lol, at least it's here now xD

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - Mr.Lennart - 25.03.2008

Hey good job, you will helping alot of people with it
Hopefully it's getting stickied man.

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Re: Forwarding your Ports - clum - 25.03.2008

Thanks man, all these nice comments help :P

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports for San Andreas Servers - micutuz - 25.05.2008

good job... but in the list of games, there is not GTA San andreas multiplayer server , there is only gta 2 multiplayer ... i have a edimax 6104k router ... can you search pls for me the server configurations?

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports for San Andreas Servers - Sploosh - 25.05.2008

Hey there, well it's the same idea (I'm assuming you mean the Edimax BR-6104K Router)

Follow the instructions located here

But instead do

Comment - SAMP
Protocol - Both
Private Port - 7777
Public Port - 7777

Remember you only need to set these rules once (Where tutorial shows 2, u can pick either "Enable Virtual Server" or "Enable Port Forwarding" either one is fine!)

If you need anymore help then feel free to PM me.

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - Sploosh - 27.05.2008

Just wanted to add this on:

I know that portforward.com doesn't list SAMP in it's tutorial list, just pick any tutorial such as Grand Theft Auto 2 Multiplayer and only forward the single port you use for SAMP, usually 7777 by default. And name it // comment as SAMP.

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - pspleo - 27.05.2008

Added look-a-like tut on wiki

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - Sploosh - 27.05.2008

Empty

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - pspleo - 28.05.2008

Sorry i misspelled. Here is the link

Bumpy

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - Sploosh - 28.05.2008

Oh right, i see it now.

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - [MoD]Jose - 14.06.2008

I'm trying to do all this stuff. When I click Ok My MSN goes down and i cant open a web.

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - user345 - 16.06.2008

Forwarding ports shouldn't affect MSN. What port are you trying to forward? 7777 or different?

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Re: Guide to Forwarding Ports - Zack9764 - 21.06.2008

When I go to access my modem (I'm wirless connecting to it if that makes a difference) I don't see anything that says NAT on the menu. Someone please help! I can post pic of what I see.

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