Router problems - Port forwarding

[xminivann]

Salutations!

As the title says, I can't seem to port forward. Whenever I do forward my ports, my router reboots to apply the new settings. After it turns back on again, I cannot connect to the internet at all!

The router I have is the AirLink AR625W. I'm trying to port forward for a game - Warcraft 3. (and other things) I have been to http://portforward.com/english/route...rcraft_III.htm
I did everything it said, INCLUDING making a static IP address. My static IP surely works, I can connect fine with it.

The main problem is that after applying port forwarding to my router, it reboots but then I can no longer connect to the internet. I have to press the 'reset' button on the back of my router to clear the port forward settings, which leads me back to where I started.

I have been working on port forwarding for a year on and off already, and it has given me a headache. I would greatly appreciate any help on this issue! I can give any screen shots or other information if necessary! Thank you in advance.

[johnwill]

I'd download the latest firmware and try again. From the description, I'm not sure what other measures are available.

[xminivann]

Do you need any other information that I could provide?

[johnwill]

Where are you applying the static IP address? Can we see this with the machine working?

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[xminivann]

Hmm. I thought came up - is it maybe possible my router is defective? >.<

Anyways, delivery:


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CORE2DUO
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit E
thernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-4D-49-57-51
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.137
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::21a:4dff:fe49:5751%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-89
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.137%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

(These settings work fine for connecting to the internet. Just when I turn on port forwarding, my router will no longer connect to the internet.)

[johnwill]

I find it VERY curious that you have a DNS server of 192.168.15.1, yet the router's base address is 192.168.1.1. Can you explain what that is? I'd suggest changing that to the proper address of 192.168.1.1 and see if that helps.

[petronius]

Are you forwarding both TCP and UDP like the doc says?

If you've been struggling with this port forwarding issue for more than a year then I would say toss that airlink and pickup a linksys or smc.

johnwill makes a good point...what is acting as your dns server?