CONFIGURE U-VERSE 2WIRE ROUTER FOR WINDOWS HOME SERVER REMOTE ACCESS

The U-Verse 2Wire Residential Gateway does not support the Windows Home Server automatic router configuration over UPnP standards. 2Wire provides home-networking gear via Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like AT&T, BellSouth, Verizon and Qwest. The following static Port Forwarding to your Windows Home Server instructions should work for most 2Wire Residential Gateway routers.

Overview

1. Log on to your router’s setup page
2. Create IP Address reservation for your Windows Home Server
3. 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

http://gateway.2wire.net/ is the default 2Wire router setup URL. Or http://192.168.1.254

STEP 2 - Create IP Address reservation for your Windows Home Server

a) In the control panel click the Home Network icon at the top, then Advanced Settings. You will be prompted for a password, by default it is on a sticker on the side of the residential gateway.

b)  Click the Edit Address Allocation button.

c) Find your server by name and change the Address Assignment to Private Fixed and click on “Save”. Make a note of the private fixed IP address.

STEP 3 - Create an IP Address reservation for your Windows Home Server

a) Click the Firewall icon at the top of the screen and then click on Firewall Settings

b) Select your Windows Home Server by IP address in the “select a computer” box
•         In “Edit firewall settings for this computer” select “Allow Individual Applications”
•         Click “Add a new user-defined application”



In the Edit Application dialog:

• enter the application name, set the protocol to TCP, enter 80 in the port from box and click Add Definition.
• After the first port is added, enter 443 in the port from box and click Add Definition.
• Finally repeat the last step using port 4125 and clicking Add Definition.
• Press the back button to return to the previous screen.
• Make sure the correct computer is selected and edit firewall settings for this computer is set to Allow individual applications. Add your new firewall exclusion to the Hosted Applications box by highlighting it and clicking Add. Then click Done.
  
  
• The View Firewall Summary will show your new exclusion and the IP address it is associated with.
  

All done! After you configured your U-Verse 2Wire Residential Gateway for Remote Access you should test the remote connectivity from within your home and from outside of your home.