How To Install - Internet & Router

 

Find out what your Internet (WAN) IP address is by clicking here Port Checkers OURS & You Get Signal All routers are diffrent, we can't support them all over the internet. You may need to get in a professional to do this for you. Guides for most routers can be found here

Basic Network Setup This is how a basic network could be set up, your PDA communicates to your server via a router and through a firewall for security.

Locating Your Router's IP Address To find out what you routers ip address is so you can log on to it. Go to Start > Run - type "cmd" > Command Prompt will come up - type "ïpconfig /all". Look for Default Gateway

Accessing Your Router Go to a browser like Internet explorer, in the address bar at the top enter the ip address of your router (typically 192.168.1.1). It will prompt for your username and password.

Configure Your Router Once logged on to your router you should be able to find out the current IP addresses of all computers connected to the router. In this case click on Attached Devices.

Lan IP addresses are not fixed. If you open up a port for communication and point it to the IP of a computer, you must make sure the computers IP address does not change later on. To do this you need to give the Server a fixed Lan IP, on this router I went to LAN Setup and clicked add on Address Reservation.

Normally this process is automated to some degree e.g. If you enter the current IP of the computer the mac address is filled in for you. If not all the information needed is avalable on the command prompt form earlier.

Now for the actual port forwarding. On this router I selected Port Forwarding / Port Triggering, then add a custom service.

PDA's require port 9000 TCP to be opened. Transcomm and Piccalo trackers do not require ports to be opened. Enter the fixed lan IP of the server, and service name can be anything you want . Click Apply.

It should look like this after the router saves the setting.

Port Testers To make sure the setting you have done are working you can use a port tester. Our one will work when you have Turbo Dispatch 8 running on the Server. Port tester OURS & You Get Signal

This is the best alternative port tester we have come accross, it can show up problems our one cant.