Give The EX485 Windows Home Server a Static IP Address:
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From a PC on your network, do a “Remote Desktop” login to your EX485. To do this in
Windows Vista click “Start”, “Accessories”, and “Remote Desktop Connection”. When
prompted for “Computer”, enter the name of your computer (or its IP Address) and click
“Connect”. At the Windows Home Server login screen, enter “Administrator” for the Username
and then enter the Administrator password that you assigned your EX485 during setup.
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Click “Start”, “Control Panel”, “Network Connections”, and “Local Area Connection”.
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In the “Local Area Connection Status” window click “Properties”
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Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” to highlight it and then click “Properties”.
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In the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties” window click “Use the following IP Address”.
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Enter an “IP Address” of “192.168.1.200”.
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Enter a “Subnet Mask” of “255.255.255.0”.
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Enter a “Default Gateway” of “192.168.1.1” (your WRT54G's IP address).
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Enter a “Preferred DNS Server” of “205.171.3.65” (Or whatever Qwest gives you).
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Enter an “Alternate DNS Server” of “205.171.2.65” (Or whatever Qwest gives you)
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Click “OK” to close this box.
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Click “OK”, and “Close” to close the the configuration boxes.
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You can now close your Remote Desktop connection.
Set Port Forwarding on the LinkSys WRT54G Router (IP Address 192.168.1.1):
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Start IE and browse to 192.168.1.1. Log into the WRT54G with the appropriate password.
Note that the WRT54G factory default is a blank username and a password of “admin”. If you
haven't changed this from the default, you may want to do so now (click the “Administration”
tab after logging into the WRT54G to change the password).
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Click “Applications and Gaming” (near the top of the screen).
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In the 1st “Port Range” line type “TCP” in the “Application” box.
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In the 1st “Port Range” line type “80” in the “Start” and “End” boxes.
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In the 1st “Port Range” line type “200” in the “IP Address” box (if you set your EX485 to 200).
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In the 1st “Port Range” line click to put a check mark in the “Enable” box.
In the 2nd “Port Range” line type “HTTPS” in the “Application” box.
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In the 2nd “Port Range” line type “443” in the “Start” and “End” boxes.
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In the 2nd “Port Range” line type “200” in the “IP Address” box (if you set your EX485 to
200).
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In the 2nd “Port Range” line click to put a check mark in the “Enable” box.
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In the 3rd “Port Range” line type “Remote” in the “Application” box.
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In the 3rd “Port Range” line type “4125” in the “Start” and “End” boxes.
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In the 3rd “Port Range” line type “200” in the “IP Address” box (if you set your EX485 to 200).
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In the 3rd “Port Range” line click to put a check mark in the “Enable” box.
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Click “Save Settings”
Set Port Forwarding on the Actiontec GT701 Qwest DSL Router (IP Address 192.168.0.1):
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Start IE and browse to 192.168.0.1 to open the GT701 configuration utility. If you haven't set a
login username and password yet you may want to do so now, to protect your GT701 from
