Comments on: Port Forwarding: Why Is It Needed and When http://www.netralized.com/port-forwarding-why-is-it-needed-and-when/ Making Networks Work. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:59:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: RTL http://www.netralized.com/port-forwarding-why-is-it-needed-and-when/comment-page-1/#comment-25 RTL Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:48:25 +0000 http://www.netralized.com/port-forwarding-why-is-it-needed-and-when/#comment-25 Many network programs require that one configure port forwarding in the router. Setting port forwarding in the router for your server application can be a challenge. Fortunately, most routers support a standard called Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). BaUPnP is a free tool that automates the process. The tool, by default, configures port mapping for the two ports used by web-servers -- that is port 80 (HTTP) and port 443 (HTTPS). BaUPnP can also do port mapping for other ports by simply specifying the port mapping as command line arguments. The following example configures port mapping for FTP (port 21) and Telnet (port 23): BaUPnP.exe 21 23 Searching for UPnP enabled router... WAN 69.104.77.3 LOCAL 192.168.1.100 Configuring port mapping for UPnP enabled router For ports 21 23 Port forwarding was successful Please see the following page for more information and download instructions: http://barracudaserver.com/products/tools/upnp/ Many network programs require that one configure port forwarding in the router.

Setting port forwarding in the router for your server application can be a challenge. Fortunately, most routers support a standard called Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).

BaUPnP is a free tool that automates the process. The tool, by default, configures port mapping for the two ports used by web-servers — that is port 80 (HTTP) and port 443 (HTTPS).

BaUPnP can also do port mapping for other ports by simply specifying the port mapping as command line arguments.

The following example configures port mapping for FTP (port 21) and Telnet (port 23):

BaUPnP.exe 21 23

Searching for UPnP enabled router…
WAN 69.104.77.3
LOCAL 192.168.1.100

Configuring port mapping for UPnP enabled router
For ports 21 23
Port forwarding was successful

Please see the following page for more information and download instructions:
http://barracudaserver.com/products/tools/upnp/

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