Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Router: Port Range Forwarding

Network Layout
The router is Linksys G Broadband router.
Web Server hosts a sharepoint site, which is listening port 8000. Router configuration is as follows:
Application & Gaming menu
Application Name: Sharepoint
Start:8000
End:8000
Protocol:both
IP address:192.168.1.164 (the web server IP)
Enabled: checked
If you have a service that requires a range of port, you could set the Start and End port numbers accordingly.
Why do I use the port number 8000 instead of the default 80? It is because ISP provider at the customer side blocks 80. If it is open, I could use the port 80 and forward the port 80 number.