linksys 4 port router - disable firewall?

[jerzdawg]

i have a linksys 4 port router with built in firewall.. i was wondering if it was possible to disable that firewall? i have tried numerous times to open ports and stuff to run a server for a game or gamespy with no luck.. no one is able to join my games.. so i was wondering if i could just disable the firewall completely.. thanks..

[sportjeeptj99]

I do not believe you can. Unless is is the more advanced VPN/Firewall model. But I dont think you can completely disable the firewall in either.

[bangbang023 Veteran]

if you want......setup dmz for your partiucular PC. It basically exposes it completely to the net, removing the firewall for that one local IP.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

  bangbang023 said:

if you want......setup dmz for your partiucular PC. It basically exposes it completely to the net, removing the firewall for that one local IP.

I agree, you need to set up a DMZ.

Make sure you clean out your router's old port forwarding settings if you enable DMZ to a particular host.

[Mr. Black]

Also for good safekeeping, click "Disable" to "Block WAN Request".

Make sure to enable it once done hosting games.

[jerzdawg]

thanks all for your help.. hopefully this works...

[Miyagi Son]

Dont do any of that stuff. Trust me as i was a game admin many times.

Get the latest firmware

then you need a static ip.

Open the port for the game under advanced>forwarding

lets say you want to run star wars under port 28070 then u would do 28070-28070 udp and tcp under ur static and and check enable.

Make sure the ip's are correct and then try running the game.