Port Forwarding help.

[Alex]

Hi. Im sorry if this is in the wrong place, but im trying to port forward a game "NIOH 2" and my new modem looks different than usual. I was hoping maybe i could get help from someone with knowledge. I dont need to know how to do it since ive done this a lot in the past, its just that this new modem (i have been calling support and the waiting time is insane. I also googled a lot but cant find an answer specific to my issue) my issue is that i dont know what numbers go into some of these fields.

This is the fields:
External Host (guessing this is IP for direct connect to someone? Leave blank i think).
External Port (here goes the "start port - end port" to open. fairly sure).
Internal Host (here goes the IP to my machine/modem i think. The 192.168...).
Internal Port (this i have the biggest issue with. Not sure what this is? A port range wont work).

So its the last one im not sure about. The modem hints at that i can put xxxxx-xxxxx instead of having a dedicated slot for start number and a second slot for end number. The "Internal Port" however wont take a port range so im confused as to what goes there. Super appreciated if someone knows the answer.

Thanks in advance!

[ReBoot]

Internal is same as external, make it a 1:1-mapping

[Cathulhu]

Not the IP though, leave the external one blank unless you only want ONE specific address being able to access it.
And yeah, use 1:1 mapping in this case.
External Port = internal port.
Port ranges only if absolutely necessary.

[Alex]

Thanks guys! It works! 😀Much appreciated.

[ReBoot]

As a matter of fact, I am running my gaming battle station in my router's DMZ. Technically, it's merely an exposed host (no consumer-grade network hardware knows what DMZ actually is) which is, in theory, a security nightmare. In practice, it's absolutely fine, if you're practicing basic security hygiene (which you should anyway). A good starting point is https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/what-amateurs-can-learn-from-security-pros-about-staying-safe-online/

Short: as long as I practice said security hygiene, I get exactly 0 network configuration overhead for gaming.

[Iceira]

you sure you dont have NAT as option in the modem because if you dont then it is portforwarding you need.

im more thinking on what about next game, ( but that just me. )

[Alex]

Originally posted by |<- Iceira ->|:

you sure you dont have NAT as option in the modem because if you dont then it is portforwarding you need.

im more thinking on what about next game, ( but that just me. )

2 posts above you i wrote i got it to work. I port forwarded although my modem have the option to turn on automatic port forwarding but that can come with security issues so i went ahead and punched in all the info. Never needed to do that in such games like NIOH2. Only if i hosted a game myself i had to do port forwarding. This is just an option in the game to open up to multiplayer and i havent seen anyone else having to do this. That was a bit weird, but it works now. :)