How would I forward ports

[L]

I have a mac. I have a LINKSYS comcast router. Can I even forward ports in the first place? I would much appreciate if someone would tell me how to do it. I have posted many topics about forawarding ports, this is my first time mentioning what router I have. I hope it works this time!

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[zenloth]

Do you know the exact model?

Comcast
CG814WG-comcast
WCG200-CC

Linksys
AG241
AG300
AM200
AM300
BEFCMUH4
BEFDSR41W
BEFN2PS4
BEFSR11
BEFSR11v2
BEFSR41
BEFSR41-v3-v4-v5
BEFSR41v1.40.2
BEFSR41v2
BEFSR81
BEFSR81v2
BEFSR81v3
BEFSRU31
BEFSX41
BEFSX41v1.50
BEFVP41
BEFW11P1
BEFW11S4
BEFW11S4v1.50.10
BEFW11S4v1.50.11
BEFW11S4v1.50.14
befw11s4v2
BEFW11S4v3.2
BEFW11S4v4
befws1s4
FON-WRT54GL
RT31P2
RT41-BU
RTP300
RV082
SPA-2100
SPA-2102
SPA-3102
WAG160N
WAG200G
WAG300N
WAG325N
WAG354G
WAG354Gv2
WAG54G
WAG54G-XW
WAG54GS
WAG54Gv2
WAG54Gv3
WAG54GX2
WCG200
WCG200v2
WRK54G
WRP200
WRT100
WRT150N
WRT160N
WRT300N
WRT310N
WRT330N
WRT350N
WRT51AB
WRT54G
WRT54G-TM
WRT54G2
WRT54G3G
WRT54GC
WRT54GL
WRT54GP2
WRT54GP2A-AT
WRT54GR
WRT54GS
WRT54GSv4
WRT54Gv1.1
WRT54Gv2-DDWRTv23SP2
WRT54Gv2.02.7
WRT54Gv2.04
WRT54Gv4
WRT54Gv5
WRT54Gv5-DDWRTv23SP2
WRT54GX
WRT54GX4
WRT54GXv2
WRT55AG
WRT55AGv2
WRT600N
WRT610N
WRTP54G
WRTU54G-TM
WRV200
WRV54G
WRVS4400N
WUSB54GS




Which one... you aren't being specific enough.

[L]

WCG200v2.CC is what I saw on the bottom of it. That seems to match the linksys one. What now?

[zenloth]

Do you know what your static ip address is?

[L]

Hmmm..... thats the hard part. I only ever see the one that changes all the time, but someone said there are ways to view it. I'll look into that.

[L]

:O! I got to one page that said:
IP address:

Subnet Mask:

Router:

And had numbers after those. I can edit this to show you those numbers, but would that put me in danger of being hacked?

[zenloth]

First tell me how you got to that screen, the best way is just command prompt and ipconfig /all

[L]

Well, I went to
System Preferences -> Network -> TCP/IP

And then it showed up. What do you mean by command prompt and ipconfig/all?

[zenloth]

What operating system are you using, and I can help you.

[L]

Well, I have a mac OS X, and when I search Operating System on the mac help page, it says that the Operating System that runs mac computers is known as the Mac OS...


Did that help anything?

[zenloth]

Well, I don't have any experience with Macs, however google is my friend =D.

I know this is a good website for these kind of things, just follow this tutorial to set up a static IP address.

http://portforward.com/networking/static-Mac10.4.htm

[L]

T_T I went there, got VERY far, I understood everything they were talking about! It ALMOST worked!  I need to figure out what the heck they're talking about, DNS, and isp. That's where I'm stuck. I need to call isp......

[zenloth]

Damn, in xp it's easy to get your dns... Hmmm, your ISP is your Internet Service Provider, so who gives you your internet.

[Melonking906]

In truth its very easy to do.

[L]

WELL I have comcast... so maybe them? That would be kind of awkward seeing as my Mom works for Comcast....