2. Configuring Your Router to Allow Connections

Setting up your router to allow remote connections is the critical part of this exercise.  If you don't get this done then none of the rest will work.  

Unfortunately we can only give you generic instructions as every router does things differently.  It's impossible for us to know how to do this on every router/modem on the market, nor can we automate this.

Although we may be able to help in a general way, you may need your IT support company to do the router/modem configuration for you as they are more likely to have a working knowledge of your router/modem than we have.

Before you get started you will need the following information:

1.The IP Address of your Server or Host PC.

2.How to connect to your router/modem using your web browser.  Typically the IP Address is 192.168.0.1 or 10.1.10.1, although it could be something else entirely.

3.The username and password to login to your router/modem.

4.How to configure its firewall.

5.How to configure port forwarding.

The two things that need to be done are:

1.Create a router firewall rule that opens port 12600 to traffic from the Internet.

2.Set up port forwarding on your router to forward port 12600 to the IP Address of your Server or Host PC.