Multiple Port Forwarding in Windows

beezm · Post by **beezm** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:07 pm

I currently use ICS to share my cable connection. I have a Windows XP Professional computer that the cable comes into, then goes to a switch, then to the rest of the computers on the network.

My problem is that I have to forward a very large number of ports to a computer on my network, around 1,000 or so. I currently just use XP's firewall settings to just forward ports because usually I only have to forward a few.

I need a way to forward a range of ports on a Windows machine. A program, anything. I have found a few programs that do forward ports, but you have to add them one by one, just like it is built into XP.

Thanks,
Stewart

JackMDS · Post by **JackMDS** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:20 pm

Most professional Firewall will let you open range of ports. You have to choose carefully since some might not work with ICS.

A better solution is a Cable/DSL Router and on sale it is less expensive then pro software Firewall.