Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser. In the picture above the address bar has Google in it. Just replace all of that with the ip address of your router. By default the ip address should be set to 192.168.1.254.
I do not know the default username and password for your router! Please check your documentation for the correct login and if you already know it, just login!
Click the
Toolbox button near the left of the page.
Click the
Game & Application Sharing link near the left of the page.
Click the
Create a new game or application link near the bottom of the page.
Enter the name of the program into the
Name box. It doesn't really matter what you put into this box, but something that will remind you why these ports are being forwarded would be a good idea. Put a dot into the
Manual Entry of Port Maps radio button.
Click the
Next button near the bottom of the page.
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 requires you to forward the 1500,3005,3101,27000-27050,28960 ports. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the
Application menu and then click
Add.
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers
Application page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click
Add.
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers
Application page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click
Add.
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers
Application page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click
Add.
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers
Application page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click
Add.
Click the
Apply button near the top of the page.
Click the
Assign a game or application to a local network device link near the bottom of the page.
Use the
Device box to choose a computer to forward ports to. This box contains a list of computer names that are visible on your network. Select the application you created using the
Game or Application drop down box. Then click
Add to enable it.
And that is it! You are done!