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first open a web browser and point it to <a href="http://192.168.1.1" rel="ugc">http://192.168.1.1</a>&nbsp;the password will be admin unless you changed it
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first open a web browser and point it to http://192.168.1.1 [http://192.168.1.1] the password will be admin unless you changed it

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your next step differs depending on the router, mine has a tab called applications and gaming, just go there and forward the ports you need open to the IP of your moms PC
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your next step differs depending on the router, mine has a tab called applications and gaming, just go there and forward the ports you need open to the IP of your moms PC

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What OS is your mom running? &nbsp;Try configuring UPNP this will probably sort the problem.
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What OS is your mom running?  Try configuring UPNP this will probably sort the problem.

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Mom just got DSL and cannot host/launch her scrabble games anymore. &nbsp;It seems as if this is a router problem. &nbsp;She disabled her firewall but has no clue as to how to open all the ports in the router (Linksys) so she can host a game. &nbsp;Can you give a detailed solution to a fix?
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Mom just got DSL and cannot host/launch her scrabble games anymore.  It seems as if this is a router problem.  She disabled her firewall but has no clue as to how to open all the ports in the router (Linksys) so she can host a game.  Can you give a detailed solution to a fix?

configuring a router

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.