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How do I open ports with D-LINK ethernet Broadband Router
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. November 2005 @ 21:56 |
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I have just started downloading from eMule but the downloads are painfully slow around 2kbs when its not waiting. Heres what I currently have. Before I get into trouble I want you to know I printed out 19 pages from eMule thread today and also read other threads until I got really confused. I have been using 2 other DL servers and they run at around 25+kbs.
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anthman
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14. November 2005 @ 22:19 |
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Information needed before proceeding;
* Your computer's ip address
* the port number(s) you wish to open
Ok, go into Internet Explorer or whatever browser your use.
In the address bar, enter the address 192.168.0.1 then press enter.
You might be asked for a username and password - the default Username is "admin" without the speech amrks and the password is blank. If you are denied access, then the password has most likely been previously set by another user.
If you cannot retrieve this password and wish to continue, you can always physically reset the router via the a tiny pinhole labelled reset - I believe you unplug power from the router, press and hold the button (you need to use a pen tip or paperclip to press the button) for 10 sec, let go, plugin the power and it should've reset.
(please look up D-Link for the exact instructions)
Ok, once you have gained access to the address 192.168.0.1 (which BTW is the address for your router if you haven't figured it out), click on the Advanced Tab. You should see a list of tabs along the side. CLick on the one that says "Virtual Server".
These are the settings you need to set.
1. Enabled (a radio button)
2. Name (call it eMule or whatever you want)
3. Private IP - put in the ip address of the computer with eMule on it.
4. Protocol Type - select both - if you have an odler router, you might not see this option.
5. Public Port and Private Port - enter the port number you wish to forward in both fields. As a sidenote, you can enter a "range", e.g. 6881-6891. Either way, just make sure you enter the same number(s) in both fields.
6.Schedule - always
7. CLick apply. The router may need to restart - if you see the restart ico, click it.
Hoperfully that should open the required ports.
You know that rare phenonomon when after hours and hours and hours of troubleshooting, things just just magically work and you have no idea why? Just gotta love it! ;-)
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. November 2005 @ 22:38 |
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@anthman, thanks for your quick reply, you caught me off guard, have printed that out and will follow shortly after I take care of HOMELY things and will get back to you
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. November 2005 @ 01:24 |
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Well looks like things are back to normal, the site has bben down for a while. I am not sure what to put in Private IP , Private Port or Public Port, I dont have a clue as to what i'm doing, when it comes to this forum I dont even achieve NEWBIE status, thanks for your help. 
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hotrod697
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15. November 2005 @ 01:38 |
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. November 2005 @ 10:25 |
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A dumb question, after I choose the program whose port I want to open will that apply to each comp connected to router. Private Ip does that cover both connected comps?. Dumb eh?
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. November 2005 @ 10:47 |
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I typed in private port 4662, public port 4662 went to apply and got error message.
  I am not sure what to do now, it looks like IP selected automatically
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anthman
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15. November 2005 @ 11:45 |
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Ok, you entered everything correctly except for an IP address - the empty field after "192.168.0."
To find your ip address, do the following;
1. Press the Windows "Start" button in the bottom left corner of your screen
2. Click on "Run"
3. Type in "cmd" (without the speech marks) and press enter
4. A black window should pop-up.
5. At the bottom of the black screen is a command prompt, here, type
"ipconfig /all" (without the speech marks)
6. A lot of text should appear, you're looking for the line that says
"IP Address: " - the number should start with 192.168.0.
*NOTE: there will be at least two numbers starting with 192.168.0;
a. The router's ip address = 192.168.0.1
b. Your ip address = 192.168.0.XXX (You are looking for
this number)
7. Once you locate this number, simply put into the D-Link configuration page with all the other requried details, and your set!
You know that rare phenonomon when after hours and hours and hours of troubleshooting, things just just magically work and you have no idea why? Just gotta love it! ;-)
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. November 2005 @ 12:09 |
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I went to Run, typed in cmd and this is the black screen,cant find command prompt, told you I was hopeless 
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. November 2005 @ 12:14 |
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OK sorry I managed to find it, now do I just type that in and keep entering emule port #s I have typed in ip#, then emule no 4662, apply, 4711 apply, 4672 apply now I should be ok, is that all I need to do. I just did a port test, reply emule ok, UDP failed any idea what UDP is.
OK a little bit of further reading says a firewall may be blocking UDP any clues on how to get around this, please bare with me, we're almost there. Cheers
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anthman
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15. November 2005 @ 23:45 |
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Are you using Windows Firewall or any other Firewalls?(e.g. Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm)
If you are, you can do one of two things;
1. Disable all firewalls exisitng on your computer - it should work.
2. Add "exceptions" - that is, allowing certain traffic to pass through, which is similiar to port forwarding.
You know that rare phenonomon when after hours and hours and hours of troubleshooting, things just just magically work and you have no idea why? Just gotta love it! ;-)
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. November 2005 @ 23:58 |
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I have disabled my Windows firewall and have disabled McAfee personal firewall but it still shows as Kad Network....Firewalled,downloads are moving a little quicker since opening ports when I do a port check I get this
and I dont know what the big red cross is
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anthman
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16. November 2005 @ 00:22 |
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Make sure that for each entry in the router, that Both has been set, it could be that for one or more, tcp has only been selected.
You know that rare phenonomon when after hours and hours and hours of troubleshooting, things just just magically work and you have no idea why? Just gotta love it! ;-)
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AfterDawn Addict
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16. November 2005 @ 00:36 |
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Am i correct in assuming you are saying obtain Port# for Kad Network and include this like I did for eMule, if this is so where do I get the correct # This is what I used for eMule, what would I use for KAD
Private port, public port
sorry about the pictures but it helps me understand.
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AfterDawn Addict
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16. November 2005 @ 00:38 |
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sorry double post
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anthman
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16. November 2005 @ 00:46 |
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I don't personally use eMule - bittorrent is much better IMO,
I did a google search on teh default ports used by eMule, which are;
4662 4672 4711
There are other ports, but the officila eMule site says the above three are the only ones that need forwarding. There is also a fourth port - random port - it seems unlikely that it is critical. If you wish to forward it, you have to give it a number instead of letting it choose randomly (the site says you can do this by changing the value in the preferences.ini - im assuming in the eMule directory).
Anyway, for each of the above, some use tcp or udp. So you can port forward one of two ways;
(for both, make sure Both is set for "Protocol Type".
1. Make a single entry for port forwarding - in the port fields put in 4662-4711. This should your only entry for eMule - it opens all ports starting from 4662 to 4711 (inclusive). This might make it easier, however, opens unnecesarry ports. I don't see this to be much of problem.
2. Make 3 single entries, one for each port.
You know that rare phenonomon when after hours and hours and hours of troubleshooting, things just just magically work and you have no idea why? Just gotta love it! ;-)
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AfterDawn Addict
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16. November 2005 @ 00:52 |
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Thanks for your help, will give it a go. BTW which state are you from, you've gotta be a Q'lander..NEWS FLASH....late update I did it, now connected to both neyworks, have a XXXX on me
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anthman
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16. November 2005 @ 01:54 |
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lol, Im from Sydney :D
On a side note, Australia's going to the world cup! Sucks to be U!(ruguay)
You know that rare phenonomon when after hours and hours and hours of troubleshooting, things just just magically work and you have no idea why? Just gotta love it! ;-)
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