Open UDP Ports on AirPort Extreme

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Open UDP Ports on AirPort Extreme

I need to open a few UDP Ports on my new AirPort Extreme so that the software that is running on my network can access the internet over those ports and the software can be accessed from the internet as well. I can find in the AirPort Extreme manual how to open TCP ports but not UDP. I have the list of ports I need to open, but can't find where to configure them in the router firmware.

I would like help on where to configure these ports. Thank you.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 11, 2008 2:29 PM

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Answer 1

Henry B.

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Feb 11, 2008 2:57 PM in response to Robert Boston

If you are using the Airport Utility on the Airport Extreme N Base Station, the port mapping screen should look like what you see on page 56 of the manual "Designing Airport Networks" found at:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/DesigningAirPort_Networks_Using_AirPortUtility.pdf

...and it clearly shows how/where to specify UDP and TCP ports.

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Answer 2

May 1, 2008 9:45 AM in response to Henry B.

That link does not work. Besides when I opened them under NAT-PMP, I still got an error here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1506555&tstart=0

AE just does not seem to like to open/forward UDP ports.

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Answer 3

Duane

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May 5, 2008 11:04 AM in response to BarcelonaMan

The new link is http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/DesigningAirPort_Networks10.5-Windows.pdf and the information about port mapping starts on Page 54.

When you map a port both the UDP and TCP ports are mapped.

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