CONFIGURE LINKSYS WRT54GS ROUTER FOR WINDOWS HOME SERVER REMOTE ACCESS

The Linksys Wireless-G BroadBand Router with SpeedBooster WRT54GS Router does not support the Windows Home Server automatic configuration over UPnP standards. You must manually configure static port forwarding on your router to point port 80, 443 and 4125 to your Windows Home Server.

Manufacturer: Linksys
Model: WRT54GS
Firmware Version: v1.50.7
Applicable to variants: WRT54GL, WRTSL54GS

Overview:

  1. Log on to your router's setup page
  2. Enable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
  3. Assign a static IP address to your Windows Home Server
  4. Configure port forwarding to your Windows Home Server

 

Step 1 - Log on to your router's setup page

Open your web browser and enter your router's URL.  By default, this is "http://192.168.1.1".  If you have configured the login information, log in with your username and password.  If not, the default username and password is "admin".

 

Step 2 - Enable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

Click the tab labeled "Administration" and click on Management.   Make sure that UPnP is enabled.  If not, enable it and click "Save Settings".

 

 

Step 3 - Assign a static IP address to your Windows Home Server

TheLinksys Wireless-G BroadBand Router with SpeedBooster WRT54GS Router does not support DHCP address reservation. You must configure your Windows Home Server to use a static IP address before proceeding to the next step.

 

Step 4 - Configure port forwarding to your Windows Home Server

a) Click the tab labeled "Applications & Gaming" and proceed to the "Port Range Forward" sub-tab.

b) You need to enable forwarding for 3 different ports: HTTP (80), HTTPS (443), RWW (4125).  Each of these will need its own row on the table.  Some of them may already have rows and may/may not be enabled.  If there aren't enough empty row, re-use a row for a protocol that you aren't going to forward.  For all of these, the "IP Address" should be the IP address you gave to the Windows Home Server in step 3.

  • Enable HTTP forwarding - by default, there will be a row for this, but some of the information (like IP address) will be missing.
            Application: HTTP
            Start: 80
            End: 80
            Protocol: TCP
            IP Address: 192.168.1.200
  • Configure HTTPS forwarding:
            Application: HTTPS
            Start: 443
            End: 443
            Protocol: TCP
            IP Address: 192.168.1.200
  • Configure RWW forwarding:
            Application: RWW
            Start: 4125
            End: 4125
            Protocol: TCP
            IP Address: 192.168.1.200
  •  Click the "Save Settings" button

All done! After you configured your Linksys WRT54GS router for Remote Access you should test the remote connectivity from within your home and from outside of your home.