What about this port forwarding software?

[Mike K]

In the help section of BI, there is a link to a software that sapositly reconfigures a router, assigns and or tests fixed or static IP addressees etc. Anyone familiar with this SW? Is it worth the $40.00?

Configure your router
Setup static IP addresses
Forward ports with ease
Port Forward
Network Utilities
Network Configuration Tools
https://portforward.com/store/pfconfig.cgi
Network Utilities

 

[tangent]

I wouldn't use it if it was free.

 

[bp2008]

Don't buy it. If someone can't figure out how to configure their network the normal way, then this tool would only be providing access to settings they don't understand.

 

[zero-degrees]

Just to add a 3rd point of reference - DON"T BUY IT

This is going to give you nothing more than a Youtube video on port forwarding. You will also/always still need to manually change some settings for port forwarding so this can't be a one size fits all solution. Don't get taken for $40

 

[tangent]

If you want to brush up on your networking skillz just give all 282 pages of this a read:
https://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Computer-Networking-Principles-Bonaventure-1-30-31-OTC1.pdf

 

[Mike K]

If you want to brush up on your networking skillz just give all 282 pages of this a read:
https://www.saylor.org/site/wp-cont...rking-Principles-Bonaventure-1-30-31-OTC1.pdf

OK Thanks, I get the Idea. Apparently there are no shortcuts. My thought was that most of the help instructions are loaded with general instructions, and akronums that require a network science dictionary to interpurit. So I'll Slog through it one issue ate a time, noting that the devil is in the details.

 

[tangent]

OK Thanks, I get the Idea. Apparently there are no shortcuts. My thought was that most of the help instructions are loaded with general instructions, and akronums that require a network science dictionary to interpurit. So I'll Slog through it one issue ate a time, noting that the devil is in the details.

My link above has a lot of stuff you don't really have to know. IIRC you have a technical background just not in networking, which is why I thought you might be interested in something more thorough. I certainly wouldn't expect a mastery of all the topics but it would help familiarize you with a pretty broad range of networking topics.

Rather than forward ports to your cams / nvr / bi box set up a VPN server, see nayr's thread on the subject.

Here's some less complicated stuff that might be a better place to start (youtube videos aren't bad either):
TCP/IP basics
http://documentation.netgear.com/reference/enu/tcpip/pdfs/FullManual.pdf
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/164015

 

[Mike K]

I use You-Tube and Wikipedia a LOT. My background is engineering, but is mechanical. I do enjoy a challenge however in most things. I have done a lot of computed programing in my day so as a user i'm ok for the most part, but networking is new for me.