opening all ports?

BudBud Chesterfield, Va
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
I have a dlink di-604 4 port router, I want to open every port how can i do that?

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Look for an option called DMZ.
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Yeah, I've got a DI-604 back home. The DMZ should be one of the pages within the second, maybe first larger heading. The DMZ will just forward every port to the IP you specify unless a rule forwards it somewhere else first.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Why do you want to open every port :scratch:
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited November 2004
    for my bit torrents and also i was thinking of running a ftp server or maybe a lille battlefield 1942 server
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2004
    Well expect to be hacked within a couple days.

    Don't think anyone would bother to get into your system? Trust me, they will. Tony learned that the hard way, too.
  • JBJB Carlsbad, CA
    edited November 2004
    all you have to do is open 3...port 21 for FTP and whatever BT and BF use :)
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    i believe both BT and BF uses a range, so it will be a lot more then 3.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2004
    Doesn't matter how many entries need to be added, it will still be worth it. I can almost guarantee your DMZ'd computer would have at least one serious backdoor virus installed within 2 days of being set up. Checking the logs of my Smoothwall reveal at least 6 worm/virus propagation attempts each day.

    And FYI: BT and Kazaa always managed to crash my DI-604 router (often on a daily basis). Since I replaced it with a Smoothwall I've been trouble-free on the router/firewall front.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited November 2004
    Yeah, BitTorrent and eDonkey (mostly the latter) will crash my 604. Things a piece of crap...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    TheSmJ wrote:
    Doesn't matter how many entries need to be added, it will still be worth it. I can almost guarantee your DMZ'd computer would have at least one serious backdoor virus installed within 2 days of being set up. Checking the logs of my Smoothwall reveal at least 6 worm/virus propagation attempts each day.

    And FYI: BT and Kazaa always managed to crash my DI-604 router (often on a daily basis). Since I replaced it with a Smoothwall I've been trouble-free on the router/firewall front.

    My PC has been unfirewalled for a year, and I've not had a single anomalous incident.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    My PC has been unfirewalled for a year, and I've not had a single anomalous incident.


    Are you running a server?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Multiple times.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I've used the DMZ option since I've gotten my router and I still haven't had a problem.
  • McBainMcBain San Clemente, CA New
    edited November 2004
    I don't open up alot of ports...I just use different ports for bittorrent than the normal 6881-6889 range.
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    For some reason after a while (firmware upgrades?) my 604 did pretty OK with the torrenting and edonkey etc. Not perfect but decent.

    I'm with Thrax, if you're careful what you do, you don't need a firewall. I ran that way for a year or two. It is more responsibility though, keeping up to date and such.
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