Routers, Comcast, Ports...I need help

[†[BeaN]†]

OK, so I need to forward some ports to play arma3 witih the brother. The setup.

The comcast Xfinitty router/modem is in the living room with an Ethernet cable running into my computer room that plugs into a Lynksis BEFSR41 router that then plugs into my PC.

I can type 102.168.0.1 and get to my Lynksis menu. I forward the ports there ( i assume correctly) and yet yougetsignal.com says they are closed.

I go to 10.0.0.1 to talk with my modem/router and it won't see it. At all. ? How can I talk to my router/modem because something in my Lynksis is making it not happy.

I should note that previously my lynksis router knocked my speeds from ~50mb/s down to about 10mb/s for no reason at all and then suddenly decided to stop doing that...again for no forseeable reason.

Help? Thanks!

[_I_]

it should be 192.168.0.1 to get to your router setup page

the only time you need to forward ports is when you are hosting games or services that others from the internet side need to access via your routers ip address

[†[BeaN]†]

It's funny I used to put 102.168.0.1, but the user/pass doesn't work for that. If I go to 192.168.1.1 the default login works for my lynksis.

I'm trying ot host cooop games of arma3.

I would like to avoid having to buy new hardware if possible =( I can get a router people review as having no problems with hosting for like 8 bucks on amazon but...again free solutions first :D

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Цитата допису †BeaN†:

It's funny I used to put 102.168.0.1, but the user/pass doesn't work for that. If I go to 192.168.1.1 the default login works for my lynksis.

I'm trying ot host cooop games of arma3.

I would like to avoid having to buy new hardware if possible =( I can get a router people review as having no problems with hosting for like 8 bucks on amazon but...again free solutions first :D

Run IPCONFIG in a command prompt in Windows and see what your ISP Modem's IP is.

If your Modem and Router are seperate and the Router is already 192.168.1.1
Most likely your Modem is 192.168.0.1
If it is Comcast modem however, it should be 10.0.0.1 (with default username=admin and password=password)

[_I_]

iv seen some taht default to 192.168.7.1 and 192.168.15.1
most are 0.1 or 1.1

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I've also seen 10.1

Anyways, that is what IPCONFIG is for it u do not know.
If u no longer know the password for the modem / router, RESET it.

[bmac1191]

If something outside the lan is telling you the ports are blocked its because they are only forwarded on the linksys. The comcast router is blocking them.

The linksys should have an option to set it to a bridge mode. Plug the cable from the comcast router into a lan port of the linksys router.

Why not just get a switch? I never recommend running two routers. It causes way too many problems...

[_I_]

2 routers is fine for businesses who want a seperate w-lan for customers, then they cannot access the business computesr on the main lan

(if the router does not support a vlan and 2nd wlan)

but most cable modems do not have routers built in
they are just the modem, if its has 1 rj45 port its a modem
if it has more with wifi antennas, then its a router

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Which Comcast Modem do u have?
If you have the common Technicolor TC8305C, this one recently auto-updating it's firmware so that people can disable the onboard Router and allow Wired Port#4 to have a bridge option so customers can possibly use their own stand-alone Router. Previously u couldn't do this on this particular Comcast Modem/Router combo, now u can.

[†[BeaN]†]

I called comcast and apparently they did some kind of reboot and now I can talk with the comcast modem - forwarded the ports there but now I can't login to my lynksis router =/

the login credentials get denied everytime. 192.169.1.1 doesn't work anymore and 192.168.0.1 (where OSX says the router is located) is not accepting my creds. I tried resetting the modem using the button on the front and unplugging but no luck.

Can I force the modem to reset login creds somehow with software?

Also making the modem a bridge won't work for our setup - it would disable the other ethernet ports that are needed in the room where the modem is located.

At this point I'm trying to make the lynksis act a just a dumb switch and move internet through the cables. I'm realizing that's what needs to happen. Thanks

[_I_]

thats an issue with the router
unplug it from the modem, hold the reset on the router for aruond 10sec, til it restarts
then it will be put back to defaults
then try to log into the router again

[†[BeaN]†]

OK i've gotten to talk to both router and modem!! yay!!!

canyouseeme.org still says ports are closed. I think I'm screwed on this one guys =( Still trying to make sure I've setup the linksys as a dummy switch but all I can really manage to get done is turning off DHCP

[_I_]

what do you need the ports open for?

[†[BeaN]†]

Arma3 but it has been solved! Dunno how but it's working so, yay! Thanks for all your help guys!