Port forwarding problems

[ryanster]

I have a dir-655 router that wont let me forward any ports. I put in the application name and the port in both the tcp and udp boxes. Then I put my ip address in the ip address box. After i check the box and press save. After the reboot all the settings are gone. The router wont save anything I try. Can anyone help?

[localzuk]

Are you using static IP addresses for the machine you're trying to forward to? I've heard that the DIR-655 requires that to be the case for port forwarding to work.

[ryanster]

Is there a way to test out and see if its static or dynamic? (im on a mac)

[localzuk]

Is there a way to test out and see if its static or dynamic? (im on a mac)

Go into the network settings in the preferences panel and see if your network card is set to DHCP/BootP/Dynamic. It will state it in there.

[ryanster]

Go into the network settings in the preferences panel and see if your network card is set to DHCP/BootP/Dynamic. It will state it in there.

It says Configure IPv4: Using DHCP

[tom_newton]

Looks like it is not static. To test the theory, try adding a port-forward to some IP outside the router's DHCP scope - you may need to reduce the DHCP scope first, say to twice as many addresses as you have need for?

Tom