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Title: Can I just open an inbound port?
Post by: Jay Levitt on January 01, 2009, 08:29:17 PM

I have a DIR-655 connected to my wired Ethernet network.  I use reserved WLAN IP addresses for my laptop and phone, and I'd like to be able to reach certain ports (say, 8080 for AirSharing) on those machines from the wired network. 

I know I can set up a virtual server or port forwarding for port 8080, and then I could connect from the wired network to the D-Link's IP address.  But that bugs me - especially since I run my own DNS, and I'd like to connect to the actual target machine's name.

I don't see any way to tell the D-Link to set up NAT translations for WAN-to-LAN connections.  Is it not possible?

Title: Re: Can I just open an inbound port?
Post by: funchords on January 03, 2009, 05:39:05 PM

Probably the easiest way is to turn off the DHCP server and the UPNP server in the DIR-655, then connect it to your Ethernet network from LAN-port to LAN-port (leave your DIR-655 WAN port empty).  This puts everything on the same IP subnet and wired/wireless connectivity will all work together.