CONFIGURE LINKSYS RVS4000 ROUTER FOR WINDOWS HOME SERVER REMOTE ACCESS

The Linksys RVS4000 Gigabit Security Router does not support Windows Home Server automatic router 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: RVS4000
Firmware Version: V1.2.11

Overview:

  1. Log on to your router's setup page
  2. Create IP Address reservation for your Windows Home Server
  3. Enable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
  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 - Create IP Address reservation for your Windows Home Server

a) Click on the "Status" tab and navigate to the "Local Network" section and click the "DHCP Client Table" button.  If you have an aggressive popup blocker, you should temporarily disable it to allow the DHCP client window to appear.

b) Look for the row that has your Windows Home Server's computer name in the "Client Host Name" column.  Make a note of the corresponding information in the "MAC Address" column.  In this case, the Windows Home Server is named "server" and has the MAC address 00:15:17:0D:83:90".  Click the "Close" button on the "DHCP Active IP Table" window.

 

c) Click on the "Setup" tab, proceed to the "LAN" sub-tab and make sure that "DHCP Server" is set to "Enable" so that the Linksys RVS4000 manages your network's IP addresses. Configure the "Starting IP Address" and "Maximum Number of DHCP Users" to limit the number of addresses given out by the DHCP server.  In this case, it will give out the addresses 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.149 (inclusive), which should be good for most home networks.


    

d) In the "Static IP Mapping" section, give the Windows Home Server machine a unique IP address outside of the DHCP range.  In this case, it's 192.168.1.200.  Enter the MAC address for the Windows Home Server that was shown on the DHCP client window earlier and provide the name for the Windows Home Server under "Host Name". Click the "Add" button.



Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select "Save Settings".  The router will reboot to pick up the changes.

 

Step 3 - Enable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

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

 

Step 4 - Configure port forwarding to your Windows Home Server

a) Click the tab labeled "Firewall" and proceed to the "Single Port Forwarding" 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 2.

  • 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
            External port: 80
            Internal port: 80
            Protocol: TCP
            IP Address: 192.168.200
  • Configure HTTPS forwarding:
            Application: HTTPS
            External port: 443
            Internal port: 443
            Protocol: TCP
            IP Address: 192.168.1.200
  • Configure RWW forwarding:
            Application: RWW
            External port: 4125
            Internal port: 4125
            Protocol: TCP
            IP Address: 192.168.1.200
  •  Click the "Save Settings" button.

All done! After you configured your Linksys RVS4000 router for Remote Access you should test the remote connectivity from within your home and from outside of your home.