This brief guide is intended to help first time users of Timbuktu Pro quickly set up and establish a connection between two machines over TCP/IP through a Linksys router running Network Address Translation. This is by no means a definitive guide. There are alternate ways of establishing a Timbuktu Pro TCP/IP connection. This guide only presents one of them.
Please select router model or to get directions by firmware:
BEFSR41 V3
1. You must set up a static IP address on the computer that you want to forward ports to. If you are unsure of how to do this, please see Answer ID 534 for information on setting up a static IP address in Windows.
2. Once the static IP address has been assigned, please go to that computer and open a web browser.
3. Once your browser opens, type http://192.168.1.1 into the "Address Bar" and click GO or press [Enter]
4. A box should appear asking for a "User Name" and a "Password". Leave the "User Name" field empty, and type your router password into the "Password" field (the default "Password" is admin) and click the OK button or press [Enter].
5. This should open the BEFSR41 V3 "Setup page". Click onto the Applications & Gaming page.
6. This will open the "Port Range Forwarding" sub-section. To forward a port or a range of ports, you must fill in the options across one line of the table for each port or range or ports. Please configure the following settings for each line:
- "Application": the name of the software or service you are using.
- "Start": the starting port number the program uses. For example: 407.
- "End": the end port number the program uses. For example: 407.
Note: If forwarding just one port, "Start" and "End" should have the same port number.
- "Protocol": Both UDP and TCP for 407, TCP for 1417 through 1420 and other ports if you changed the contact port on a Mac Host.
- "IP Address": the static IP address number you assigned to your computer in Step 1. For example, 192.168.1.3
- "Enable": Check this box to Enable to activate the port or port range in this line of the table.
7. Once all settings in the table have been set, click on the Save Settings button toward the bottom of the page to save changes. Click Continue when prompted to reload the page.
8. If everything has been configured correctly, all Incoming traffic of the port or range of ports that you have entered will be sent to the specified computer.
To connect to this Timbuktu Host, enter in the external/WAN IP address of this router within the TCP/IP field located in the New Connection window on the guest (controlling/intiating) system. If you are not sure what the external IP of the router is, go to http://www.findmyip.com from the Timbuktu Host machine.
BEFSX41
1. You must set a static IP address on the server. If you are unsure of how to do this, please see Answer ID 534 for information on setting a static IP address in Windows.
2. Once the static IP address has been assigned to the server, open a web browser and type in the IP address of the router into the browser address bar (192.168.1.1 is the default IP of Linksys routers).
3. When the username and password prompt appears, skip the username field and type admin for the password. Click OK or press the [Enter] key to load the router"s "Setup" page. If you have changed the password, use it to access the router"s "Setup" page when this prompt appears.
Note: If you have forgotten the IP address or the password of the router (if either was changed), you must reset the router to factory defaults by holding in the Reset button on the router for 30 seconds.
4. Click on the Advanced tab on the upper right corner. Once the new page appears, click on the Forwarding tab.
5. Enter the Timbutku ports into the Forwarding Table.
For example:
| Customized Applications
Timbuktu1 Timbuktu2
|
Ext. Port
407 to 407 1417 to 1420 |
Protocol
Both TCP
|
IP Address
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.3 |
Click Apply at the bottom of the page to make the changes. Restart your computer
To connect to this Timbuktu Host, enter in the external/WAN IP address of this router within the TCP/IP field located in the New Connection window on the guest (controlling/intiating) system. If you are not sure what the external IP of the router is, go to http://www.findmyip.com from the Timbuktu Host machine.
BEFW11S4
1. You must set a static IP address on the server. If you are unsure of how to do this, please see Answer ID 534 for information on setting a static IP address in Windows.
2. Once the static IP address has been assigned to the server, open a web browser and type in the IP address of the router into the browser address bar (192.168.1.1 is the default IP of Linksys routers).
3. When the username and password prompt appears, skip the username field and type admin for the password. Click OK or press the [Enter] key to load the router"s "Setup" page. If you have changed the password, use it to access the router"s "Setup" page when this prompt appears.
Note: If you have forgotten the IP address or the password of the router (if either was changed), you must reset the router to factory defaults by holding in the Reset button on the router for 30 seconds.
4. Click on the Advanced tab on the upper right corner. Once the new page appears, click on the Forwarding tab.
5. Enter the Timbutku ports into the Forwarding Table.
For example:
| Customized Applications
Timbuktu1 Timbuktu2
|
Ext. Port
407 to 407 1417 to 1420 |
Protocol
Both TCP
|
IP Address
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.3
|
Enable
(put a check) (put a check)
|
Click Apply at the bottom of the page to make the changes. Restart your computer
To connect to this Timbuktu Host, enter in the external/WAN IP address of this router within the TCP/IP field located in the New Connection window on the guest (controlling/intiating) system. If you are not sure what the external IP of the router is, go to http://www.findmyip.com from the Timbuktu Host machine.
Port Forwarding by Firmware Versions
1. You must set a static IP address on the server. If you're unsure of how to do this please go to Answer ID 534 for information on setting a static IP address in Windows.
2. Once the static IP address has been assigned please go to your desktop and double click on Internet Explorer (Located on the Start Menu in Windows XP)
3. Once "Internet Explorer" opens, please type http://192.168.1.1into the "Address Bar" and click GO
4. The "Enter Network Password" window will appear. Skip user name and type admin (admin is the default password) as the password, and click OK
5. This will bring up the routers "Setup" section. Look under "Domain Name" and check what version of the firmware you're using.
6. You will need to click on the Advanced tab to the very right. Once the "Advanced" tab comes up please go to the Forwarding tab.
Firmware prior to 1.32
This will not work with firmware prior to 1.32
Firmware between 1.32 and 1.36
| Service Port Range
407 ~ 407 1417 ~ 1420
|
IP Address
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.3
|
Firmware after 1.36 up to 1.40m
| Service Port Range
407 ~ 407 1417 ~ 1420
|
Protocol
Both TCP
|
IP Address
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.3
|
Firmware after 1.40m
| Customized Application
Timbuktu1 Timbutku2
|
Service Port Range
407 ~ 407 1417 ~ 1420
|
Protocol
Both TCP
|
IP Address
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.3 |
Click Apply then continue. Restart your computer
To connect to this Timbuktu Host, enter in the external/WAN IP address of this router within the TCP/IP field located in the New Connection window on the guest (controlling/intiating) system. If you are not sure what the external IP of the router is, go to http://www.findmyip.com from the Timbuktu Host machine.