10-12-2012, 10:42 AM
You are wrong, local network addresses are mostly static. And almost never change, only time they do is when the network goes down. Just open 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and go to port forwarding, enter your computers IP (ipconfig -> "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:" -> "IPv4 Address") and port range 4001-4001, and range 4110-4110.
True but i have 3 pc's 2 xbox's an 2 mobiles plus friends mobiles an laptops that connect to the network.
If say my home pc was 192.168.1.3 but my home pc was off an a friend or mobile connected it could use that local ip if it was the next free ip in line! then i trun my pc on as the local ip is in use my pc would be set a new ip.
I know you know your networking an im not picking just pointing this out. Setting your IPs to set mac address's is always better if your planning to port forward to that lan ip.
For me if i do port forward I always use a bind setting in my router to lock a lan ip to a mac address.