increase the number of port ranges?

This is probably asked a lot, so forgive me if I wasn't searching for
the right terms to find the answer... but...

is there any way increase the number of "port range" fields within the
"Applications
& Gaming" screen? 10 simply isn't enough these days, with certain games
requiring 3 or more ports, and other services (such as Vonage IP phone,
P2P software) requiring ports as well.

I suspect not, but I'd be very happy to be suprised

On 10 Jan 2006 19:55:39 -0800, "Kevin Blount" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>This is probably asked a lot, so forgive me if I wasn't searching for
>the right terms to find the answer... but...
>
>is there any way increase the number of "port range" fields within the
>"Applications
>& Gaming" screen? 10 simply isn't enough these days, with certain games
>requiring 3 or more ports, and other services (such as Vonage IP phone,
>P2P software) requiring ports as well.
>
>I suspect not, but I'd be very happy to be suprised


What make and model router?

Some routers (i.e. DLink) have a collection of pre-assigned port
forwarding configs that come with the router. It will let you add a
few, but then complains that you've hit the limit. However, you can
easily delete any of the pre-assigned configs to pick up additional
ports to forward.

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> is there any way increase the number of "port range" fields within
> the "Applications & Gaming" screen? 10 simply isn't enough these
> days, with certain games requiring 3 or more ports, and other
> services (such as Vonage IP phone, P2P software) requiring ports as
> well.

You should probably reexamine which ports are necessary. A game that
uses three ports may only require one of the ports be forwarded, if any.
I never forwarded any ports for Vonage, at least I'm pretty sure I
didn't. Don't have Vonage any more. Only ports acting as servers need be
forwarded.

Jeff, ooops.. I have a Linksys WRT54G. Regarding the DLink.. are you
saying that by default you have 10 free fields for forwarding ports,
and that if you run out you can make use of default ports? How many of
these "pre-assigned configs" are there?

Dom, all the ports I currently have are necessary, including the Vonage
ones. Your answer was kinda like someone asking which grade of fuel is
best for a particular car, and being answered with "just make sure you
put fuel in". Like.. duh!

By the way, I found that before I RTFM and discovered that I could open
ports, my friends came through clearly but they told me that I was
cutting out quite a lot. With the ports open, they say I'm perfectly
clear and consistent.

"Kevin Blount" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>is there any way increase the number of "port range" fields within the
>"Applications & Gaming" screen?

Yeah, click over there, yeah, that button, no the one to the right,
then [...]

You might detail the model number, hardware revision and firmware
version of the router...

One possibility is to use port triggering to get some more open ports.

"Kevin Blount" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Jeff, ooops.. I have a Linksys WRT54G.

Hardware version number? Firmware version number?
Are you using the stock Linksys firmware or alternative firmware such
as Sveasoft Alchemy, DD-WRT, OpenWRT, etc?

>Regarding the DLink.. are you
>saying that by default you have 10 free fields for forwarding ports,
>and that if you run out you can make use of default ports? How many of
>these "pre-assigned configs" are there?

Well, see for yourself.
http://support.dlink.com/Emulators/d...v_virtual.html
The DLink DI-624 comes with 14 pre-assigned configs. You can add 4 or
5 more at which point it will complain. However, you can delete the
pre-assigned ones (note the trash can icon) and replace it with ones
of your choosing.

>Dom, all the ports I currently have are necessary, including the Vonage
>ones. Your answer was kinda like someone asking which grade of fuel is
>best for a particular car, and being answered with "just make sure you
>put fuel in". Like.. duh!

Are you sure they have to have port forwarding, or will port
triggering suffice instead? You only need port forwarding if you're
running a server. However, if you just need port redirection when a
client computer runs a specific application (i.e. most games), then
port triggering is the way to go.

>By the way, I found that before I RTFM and discovered that I could open
>ports, my friends came through clearly but they told me that I was
>cutting out quite a lot. With the ports open, they say I'm perfectly
>clear and consistent.

The QoS (quality of service) settings for VoIP have a VERY big effect
on the voice quality. Vonage can use alternate ports if the ones that
are pre-configured in the QoS page are not available, but they will
not have the benfit of becoming the higher priority packets or
bandwidth reservation. Make sure your selection of port numbers for
Vonage is consistent between the port forwarding and the QoS pages.

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