I use an Acer Laptop running Windows XP. I have wireless internet from a Dlink (DI-524) router which is set up in my living room.

Okay, here's the deal. I play Starcraft online. However people can not join your games unless you open port 6112 on your router. So I went to PortForward.com to open the port. Here are the instructions the page gives:

Port Forwarding for the Dlink DI-524

The first step is to set up a static IP. So I went to this page:

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

Okay, so I need to find my IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and Name Servers. And here is my question: Should I use my LAN information or my WAN information? Here's what I mean, if I go to the DI-524 status page it will give me all that info, IP, Subnet, etc. (The same info 'cmd>ip config /all' gives you). But it will also give me the IP, Subnet etc for my WAN.

So which one should I use?

Hello TheOiyZaS,

Use the lan settings. it should look something like this...

IP:192.168.0.XXX
Subnet mask:255.255.255.000
Gateway:192.168.0.1

I use the name server addresses from my provider. Remember to use an IP not in the routers DHCP range. Then just forward port 6112. Anything useing that port will be forwarded to the specified IP..

Hope that helps

LC

Okay, do you know how to find my DNS? The guide says it should be on the status page of the router but it's not. And "ip config /all" gives me the wrong DNS, it is the same as my gateway.

I know I can call my ISP, but I'd rather not be on hold for an hour lol. Is there another way to find my name serves? Apparently I need two, one and an alternate for the static IP.

Okay, well I called my ISP and they said they do not support static IP's! They said the DNS changes all the time so it needs to be autoconfigured! So what can I do? I need to open port 6112 otherwise I can not play Starcraft. Is there another way to open this port and solve my problem?

Okay, the DNS will show your routers address as DNS requests pass through the router, just put your routers address in the DNS field, the alternate DNS is optional and not needed in this case.

Your ISP's IP assignment is different from your routers, you have two different IP addressed on a network, your internal (LAN) ip address (which is normally a 192.x address and the one you need to be static) and your external (WAN) IP address which is the IP address which your ISP assigns to you.

Just continue forwarding the port with the info you have and don't worry about the ISP they don't need to give you the static IP this is all handled on the LAN side.

Hopefully this helps

TheOiyZaS, they usualy don't support static IPs to the modem and unless you are running the game server you really don't need the static IP from your ISP. In gaming you connect to a server so it already knows where to find you. Opening port 6112 is to open your computer up to other functions. The reason for a static IP for the laptop is so the router can open the port for the laptop consistantly. Just use the gateway IP and just fill the second with a variation of the first or you can lookup some public DNS servers...

These are servers intended for use by end users whose network providers do not yet support OpenDNS. They are volunteer services run by whoever is volunteering them

ns1.phx.us.opennic.glue (Phoenix, AZ, US) - 63.226.12.96
ns1.sfo.us.opennic.glue (San Francisco, CA, US) - 64.151.103.120
ns1.co.us.opennic.glue (Longmont, CO, US) - 216.87.84.209
ns1.ca.us.opennic.glue (Los Angeles, CA, US) - 67.102.133.222