I don't know how to say this without being rude, so I'm just going to be rude. Your dad mom shovels coal for a living and I am a goddamn professional computer programmer. I know more about this subject than your dad mom. Port forwarding, if done correctly, is completely safe.
Port Forwarding is not Bad. It's accessing to games. (Nothing will happen.)And, no. There's no other way, then 192.168.1.1. Sorry.
How do I Port Foward without having to go through 192.168.1.1 to get there? My mom is a computer freak, and she changed the defaults. She has said that port fowarding is not a good idea. :/
Shut the hell up.Start -> run -> cmdThen type "ipconfig". The "default gateway" should be the IP address of your router's web page.
Shut the hell up.
If she is a computer programmer then why is she paranoid about port forwarding? Also, what do you need it for.
See if you can do the same on her computer.
It takes 3+ passwords that are over 10 characters long.