Router Setup Guide
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Goals / Outcomes
- Setting a port in the connection settings portion of the dc++ settings
- Taking that port number and forwarding the port to your computer in your router.
- Note: This guide only reflect the steps needed for Dtella.
Step by Step Guide
Step 1 - Setting the port
Click File -> Settings...
In the TCP box below, choose any number from 1024-65535 (except 7314) to place into the TCP box. For example, enter port 5000. Set the UDP port at this point to 0 so that it doesn't conflict with the dtella daemon. You'll set the real UDP port for dtella in a later step.
Make note of the port number you select, as you'll need it in the third step.
Step 2 - Checking the IP
Click the start menu, go to run, type "cmd" and hit enter.
Once at the command prompt, type ipconfig and hit enter.
Make note of the IP address, as you'll need it in the next step.
Step 3 - Forwarding the port
Before forwarding the port in your router, there's one small intermediary step to complete; run the following command in DC++ to tell Dtella which UDP port you've selected:
!udp ####
where #### is the port number you chose at the beginning of the guide.
Now head over to your router's configuration page. It can usually be accessed at http://192.168.0.1, http://192.168.1.1 http://192.168.2.1 or http://192.168.11.1. You need to forward the port for the DC++ client. Use the following guides to setup your router to work with Dtella. If your router is not one of the following you can find easy to follow instructions at http://www.portforward.com. (Select your brand of router, then select DC++.)
Linksys
Below is the configuration page for a Linksys WRT54GS (or WRT54G) router. Port 5000 is being forwarded to the computer running DC++.
Hit 'Save Settings' and it should work fine!
D-Link
Below is the configuration page for D-Link DI-624 router. After Logging in to it's configuration website, click on Advanced and the Virtual Server. Port 5000 is being forwarded to the computer running DC++.
Be very sure to ENABLE the port forward. This tends to be the biggest issue with D-Link users (forgetting to enable the port forward).
follow what the image shows, then hit apply and you should be able to search and download!
Cisco
This is only if you have a Cisco router, not Linksys. If your router says anything about Linksys on it, go through the Linksys tutorial instead.
I'm not sure why this is being added, since if you own a Cisco router, you ought to be able to configure it, but just in case... :-)
Enter the following commands into configure mode - I'm assuming you already have NAT setup.
- ip nat inside source static tcp <local lan IP> 5000 interface <outside interface> 5000
- ip nat inside source static udp <local lan IP> 5000 interface <outside interface> 5000
ZyXEL
Below is the configuration page for a ZyXEL P-334WT router. After logging in to the configuration website, click on the "Go to Advanced Setup". Click on the Network tree link in the side menu and click on the NAT link. In the port forwarding tab, click the edit button on one of the rows enter the corresponding information This router has both UDP and TCP ports set to 7000, so enter that into the start and end port. Don't forget to click the Active button either.
After that, hit apply and you should be good to go.
DD-WRT
These are the configurations for DD-WRT V24 SP1. I am forwarding ports 7314 to 7317, use the correct ports for your setup. After you are logged in, click NAT/QoS and then Port Range Forwarding.
Click apply and you're done.