firewall-connection problems

birdy · #11 (**permalink**) July 31st, 2008

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Originally Posted by brittski8

I think I'm about ready to pull my hair out.

My brother does use LW, but our ports are different (of course. That would only make it easy!) So I started to go through that process of changing/making a Static IP address, etc....I got to the part where I had to log into my router's interface. I hadn't created an account yet or registered my product (oops) so I just did it...and now that it's all registered, there is NO page anywhere that gives my router's status!! How can that be? I tried typing in keywords too and nothing! When I click on my registered product, it just brings me to a place where I can get downloads for my model type. I can't find anything in my account profile either! I'm stuck without that step! (Where I'm supposed to find the Linksys DNS numbers and compare them to the ones I recovered from my comp.) This is SO FRUSTRATING!! (I don't mean that negatively towards you...you're being a huge help!)

Did you get the static IP set up ok? Make sure that's all done before you go on & log into your router.

You don't need to be on the Linksys site (I'm guessing that's where you went to register your product) to log into your router. You just need to open whatever browser you use (IE, Firefox etc) & then type in the default IP address for your router (in your case that's 192.168.1.1 - same as mine in the screenshot below). Click on the thumbnail to see a screenshot.

firewall-connection problems-log-into-router.jpg

Once you type that IP address into your browser & hit 'enter'...you'll come see a screen asking you to type in a username & password. Just use the default username & password (as in the port forward instructions) unless you've created your own username & password. When you enter the username & password, you'll be able to log into your router & there's where you'll be able to set up your port forwarding

topcat123 · #12 (**permalink**) July 31st, 2008

part of the problem is linskys router needs a patch to be able to allow port forwarding As a sysop on mma-central.org.uk i routinely get people conectable

if you have any trouble contact me there or alternativly try here first if no joy give me a shout

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

brittski8 · #13 (**permalink**) August 10th, 2008

I'm pretty sure I got the static IP stuff set up ok. I'm pretty annoyed that I can't figure out the username and password though...the directions don't mention any default ones...and when I ran the program to get that info from my comp, it says the host name is "Brittany," which I used for the username, but what about the password? I thought I was blind and didn't see that the instructions had told us the default username and password, but I even hit "ctrl + F" and typed in "user name" & "Password" and nothing...figures! Why is this turning out to be so hard for me?! I feel like a huge idiot! Thanks for putting up with me :P

birdy · #14 (**permalink**) August 10th, 2008

Try leaving the username field blank & use admin as the password. Does that work?

brittski8 · #15 (**permalink**) August 14th, 2008

yes, that worked! I finished alllll of the steps for the static IP........and wouldn't you know, when I tried to open the internet, it didn't work. I know the last step said that if you couldn't get internet after that, then go back and change your configuration to what it originally was (automatically look for IP)..which is what I had to do in order to get working internet again. What do you think went wrong? I'm seriously getting ready to give up!

birdy · #16 (**permalink**) August 16th, 2008

I don't know what went wrong. I've never had trouble with a static IP. Did you make sure that all the info that you entered (subnet mask, default gateway, DNS server numbers etc) was correct?

Did you ever successfully delete LW's preferences folder?

Try another gnutella client & see if you have more luck.
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brittski8 · #17 (**permalink**) August 17th, 2008

I guess I don't really know...I thought everything was correct but apparently not. I might just forget about it...I just don't have much luck with computers! Thanks so much for all of your help though, and for putting up with me! Keep up the good work.