"1. when i forward the port to my laptop, the port seems to be blocked when i use a port detection tool. is there any way what i can see what the internal IP is on the network? " This is a little out of my comfort zone as technicalities go but port forwarding I don't think necessariily means that you have laid your internal I/P on the private network bare to the world, the Network Address Translation still insulates you and takes care of routing the information through when that information appears at the specified port and routes it through to its desired destination. In addition many NAT routers have port stealthing abilities as a security measure to stop hackers getting in, the really good ones will not acknowledge the knock on the door that your probing tool does even, so you get no response. I don't know the answer to question two though. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical Support Sight and Sound Technology ________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of orhan deniz Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:18 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] complex port forwarding question hello list, I'm trying to run a team talk server on my own IP, using a dns server. I have two port forwarding questions. 1. when i forward the port to my laptop, the port seems to be blocked when i use a port detection tool. is there any way what i can see what the internal IP is on the network? 2. this is a team talk question, more than anything. team talk users know that there is a TCP port and a UDP port required to run and connect to a server. My question is: when i set the router to TCP and UDP, there are two port boxes. should i enter the TCP port number in to the lan port area and the UDP port in to the public port area? i'm using a Belkin wireless router if anyone is curious. this may be a bit technical for some of you, but help will be appreciated. thanks in advance, orhan. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq