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jaycee · 14-02-2008, 18:43

I feel you've been misled by TS here into paying for a service you dont need.

What you should have had them do was switch the NAT mode on your cable modem off, so that it behaves like a regular domestic modem does. Then, on the wireless router you are using, all you needed to do was configure "port fowarding" so that whatever ports that torrent/games try to use are forwarded directly to your machine. In the case of BitTorrent, this means forwarding port 6881. Pretty much any decent router does this.

A set of fixed IPs for your machines WILL do the job, but it's an unneccesary cost.

The business modem's a bit useless if it doesn't allow port forwarding to be configured though! I think the idea is that the business modem also functions partially as a router, and is meant to be connected to a switch to serve multiple machines.

I must confess, I am wondering why you are using the business modem for what sounds like domestic use?

14-02-2008, 18:43	#22
jaycee Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 304	Re: IP address questions I feel you've been misled by TS here into paying for a service you dont need. What you should have had them do was switch the NAT mode on your cable modem off, so that it behaves like a regular domestic modem does. Then, on the wireless router you are using, all you needed to do was configure "port fowarding" so that whatever ports that torrent/games try to use are forwarded directly to your machine. In the case of BitTorrent, this means forwarding port 6881. Pretty much any decent router does this. A set of fixed IPs for your machines WILL do the job, but it's an unneccesary cost. The business modem's a bit useless if it doesn't allow port forwarding to be configured though! I think the idea is that the business modem also functions partially as a router, and is meant to be connected to a switch to serve multiple machines. I must confess, I am wondering why you are using the business modem for what sounds like domestic use?