I spent over an hour using the search functions to no avail.
Being new to ports, IP's, and P2P, I had no idea what to search for.
"Configure Router" and just "Router" turned up nothing helpful, so I greatly appreciate your pointing me in the right direction.
The links helped to guide me to my router configuration page, but please forgive me for my ignorance... I still seem to be missing a few pieces of the puzzle.
The PortForward guide says that I need a static IP to set up Port Forwarding. Unfortunately their
Static IP Guide only has information for Windows systems.
I'm on an iMac running OS 9.2.2 using a LinkSys BEFSR41 V3 router. Is there anyone that can guide me on how to do this... or at least point me to a resource that gives directions?
Next, in the
Port Forwarding Guide for my specific router it states:
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If you are unsure of the port range/ranges check the Ports list page or the software manufacture's homepage.
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The PortsForward.com Ports list page doesn't have info for LimeWire and I can't seem to find the information anywhere on the LimeWire homepage.
What port range should I be entering here?
Lastly (I hope... lol) on
this page it states:
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In the IP Address box, enter the IP adress to forward the ports to.
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Well, the IP address I get when I use online IP checkers isn't even close to what is available on my configuration screen. It's only letting me change the last set of numbers, but none of the first 3 sets seem to match.
Am I completely misunderstanding what needs to be done here?
I'm sorry if this is all completely basic, but I've got no one locally using a mac to help me out and I really do want to give back to the community by being able to make uploads available.
Many thanks once again.
Dante