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| Thread ID: 40580 | 2003-12-11 20:57:00 | Dlink DSL500 Port Redirection | Growly (6) | Press F1 |
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| 199609 | 2003-12-11 20:57:00 | Hello. I have the DLink DSL 500 ADSL router, and use it with an 8port switch to service the internet needs of 5 computers. It does the web browsing and email jobs quite well, but when demanded it performs rather poorly, in my experience. So here's my problem: I first realised this router has port redirection troubles when I tried to host a game of Half Life: Counter Strike. So i miraculously found the port it was using (~10000), but the game validation servers would only tell me that the game existed (ie my ip was on their list of games), but would not refresh it, or let anyone else join it, because no one could connect. This was indeed frustrating. So i went to the game's website, found the ports it needed, and the proceeded to map every port that that the game required from the external ip to the internal network (on the main computer). Hoping this would work, i then tried again, only to fail. The same thing happened, AGAIN. The port (27015) was not being recognised and when i hosted the game its port was still like 10000. So i turned the DMZ function on. Well the next time i tried, the port of the game was 27015, but still no one could connect. I know this ispossible, because my friend has JetStart, like me, and he uses the ASUS (i dont know which model exactly) router (with a switch identical to mine), and he can host perfectly. But he can host without having to map ports, or to turn dmz on, for on his router, the game's port is like ~10275, but it works perfectly nonetheless. By this stage i figured there was something about my router i didnt know. So then yesterday, i downloaded Ventrillo (voice over ip communication software, i reccomend it : www.ventrillo.com )and decided to host from one of my spare computers (running windows server 2003). I could connect to it via LAN, and i mapped the port using the router's redirection function from my external ip to the internal one of the server, but it didnt work. I used SuperScan 3 to scan for the port, i couldnt find it, and i then decided to connect using my public ip, but that failed too. Please help. I'm sure this router can handle it, (i paid a considerable amount for it) but it doesnt seem to redirect and let traffic through easily, or correctly, almost as if it has its own little world... Please help, or if you couldnt understand my post, try to help.... |
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| 199610 | 2003-12-12 03:28:00 | Welcome to PF1 I got this router, and its superb, just absolutely great beside some random crashes at times. Sorry I don't know the answer to your problem, but you may want to email D-Link. That's what I did. You might want to flash it to upgrade the firm ware but BE VERY CAREFUL. Only do it if you know what your doing Good luck, |
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| 199611 | 2003-12-12 06:23:00 | thanks, and its good to see some people are using it well.. ok i upgraded firmware too, infact i did so as soon as problem started, and it helped... exactly who do i email? i emailed support : no answer |
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