Routers, basic info:
If you started reading this you probably connect to the internet by using a router and have no clue how to set it up right? Basically a router is a piece of electronic that allows you to connect multiple PC's to the internet. In the picture below you see a router with 2 PC's [ PC1&PC2 ] connected. In this situation you should be able to JOIN sessions in F1RST3 without any problem. If you also want to HOST sessions your router needs to "know" witch PC you host from. Your router needs to be configured so that it will send the signals from the internet to the correct PC.This is called "port-forewarding".Those settings needs to be done in your router.
Only 4 steps are required to Setup your router:
Step 1: Find out how to get into your router setup screen
Step 2: Find out your Lan IP Address [Address from PC you want to host from]
Step 3: Find out what ports you need to forward,
Step 4: Put all this info into your router setup screen.
Step1: How do i access my router?
There are many different routers on today's market, so it's VERY important to find out EXACTLY what router you have. Look at the bottom of it for a label.
To configure your router you need to access it. 99% of all routers can be accessed by your webbrowser.You need to type a specific address in your webbrouwser to get into the router settings screen [ for example: 10.0.0.138]. This address is not the same for all routers. You must consult the manual or manufacturer web site of your router to find out this address. Also a login and password may be required.
[Example]
Step 2: Find out your Lan IP Address [Address from PC you want to host from]
Next step is to figure out the IP address of the PC you want to host from [better known as LAN IP (local area network) or "internal"IP]. it's pretty easy:
In Windows go: Start / Run and type: cmd [Enter], A dos box will pop up. In this dos box type: ipconfig/all ...a box like this should pop up now:
In this example you see that the LAN [ Internal] IP is 192.168.0.140
Step 3: Find out what ports you need to foreward,
The ports you need to foreward are easy to find out by consulting the port mapping table of this guide, See section 4.1 on this page.
Step 4: Put all this info into your router setup screen
Now we have all info to set up our router. Open your router setup screen and search for "Virtual Server" or "NAT". This is the place where you have to setup the ports.
[As example i took a D-link 614 router].You see some fields you need to file now:
Name: Not really important what you put in this field, for example call it: TCP port 34447
Public IP : only some routers will ask for this, if asked leave that field blanco.[ Also called "external" IP or "WAN" IP] .
Private IP: here you put the LAN IP[also called "Internal IP" or "Private IP"] of the PC you want to host from.
Protocol Type: here you put in the protocol TCP or UDP [See the port mapping table in section 4.1 of this guide]
Private Port: your router sends the signal to this port of your LAN PC[See the port mapping table in section 4.1 of this guide]
Public Port : This is the port the router gets the signal from the Internet from.[See the port mapping table in section 4.1 of this guide],Note:public and private port should be the same.
Note: Repeat this procedure for ALL ports to host.
[In this example picture you see port 80 TCP forwarded to lan PC with IP address 192.168.0.100]:
[Example]
That's all for now, good luck configuring your router !
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