In the next steps we will configure your router in such a way that the router allows Zultrax P2P to accept incoming connections. Your router is designed to serve multiple computers and of course multiple programs. Even if there is only one computer connected we will later on need two bits of information:
- The local IP of your computer
- The port used by Zultrax P2P
Zultrax P2P can help you to find those two bits of information. In the menu
tools choose
system info. This will display a page of information with various details about the program amonst which
Local IP and
port. Write those 2 down, you'll need them later.
It is the Local IP we are looking for, do not confuse the Local IP with the Public IP that is also shown on this system info page. 2.
Exit Zultrax P2P. Don't leave the program running while you are performing the actions below. Leaving the program running might give you false indiciations that your actions where not succesfull. Open a webbrowser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera). Enter the IP address of your router in the address bar of the browser and press enter. The IP address of your router is by default 192.168.2.1
4.
You see a box asking your username and password. By default the username for your Belkin F5D5230-4 router is
admin and the password is
blankEnter your username and password and click the
ok button to continue.
5.
Click the link
virtual server.
You find this link on the left of the page.
6.
You see a page titled
Virtual Server. Enter the fields as follows:Private IPThe local IP address you wrote down earlierPrivate PortThe port number you wrote down earlierTypeTCPPublic PortAgain the port number you wrote down earlier
7.
Click the button
enter.
You find this button on the bottom of the page.
8.
Your Belkin F5D5230-4 router is configured now. You forwarded a port for Zultrax P2P. You can start Zultrax P2P and you will see incoming connections coming up. This might be not immediatly after start up but within minutes you should see at least some incoming connections. The program will adapt itself to the new configuration.
In case you still don't have incoming connections, perhaps you also have firewall software installed that needs configuration. For that see
the Firewalls/Routers page , the info about firewall software is somewhere at the bottom of that page.
Local Static IP
IMPORTANT : Depending on your exact configuration it is possible with the Belkin F5D5230-4 router that after a while you might be again without incoming connections. If this is the case, your router gives your computer a Dynamic Local IP Address. Often that is no problem as long as that Dynamic Local IP Address is always the same. As soon as you lose your incoming connections, you can assume it is not always the same.
In this case you can best define a Static Local IP Address for your router. We have a manual for this
here. After you defined a Static Local IP Address, best use the
Settings in the
Tools menu of Zultrax P2P and change the port number, to e.g. 6347 and afterwards repeat the steps as mentioned above.
We advice you to only do this in case you lost your initial incoming connections again. Otherwise, it is most likely not needed to start making changes in your computers settings.
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