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192.168.1.1 isn't the same as 192.168.1.2 tho is it?
66.blah blah sounds like somewhere you are either using yopur isp assigned ip, or your router uses that particular load of settings.. leave it DHCP unless you know for sure how to disable the DHCP server running inside the router. Some cheap domestic isp provided routers don't even allow anything but dhcp.. probably saves them money somewhere down the line.. Mucking up can lead to a lockout situation and you may have to do a factory reset on your router...
For your computer to work on that network it needs an IP in the 192.168.1.xxx range (or whatever range the router is running). You usually can't set a static ip for a machine when the router is running a DHCP server.. handshaking isn't done and you will be refused a connection.
Unless you have more than 255 computers in that subnet DHCP will generally assign your machine the same IP every time you connect because it does it using the specific hardware number of your NIC. In effect your router has enough sense to recognise each machine it has had connected to it recently (DHCP lease time.. some routers allow setting of this)
ALL guides on portforward are generic.. you need to look at your current settings and read your routers specific documentation for things like.. how to log in to the admin panel.. and that kind of stiff... router login is usually on xxx.xxx.xxx.1 or 2.. so let DHCP assign you an IP then try logging into the router first.
To forward a port first connect to your router and let DHCP set an IP for your comp..(192.168.1.xx) then go into the admin control panel of your router (that is usually 192.168.1.1) and allow connection through on whatever ports you want from your computers IP.. often called "special application ports" or "virtual server" or something like it..... simple.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. August 2008 @ 11:45
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