How To Set Up Port Forwarding in Linux and Windows

Port forwarding usually used when we want our computer act like a router. Our computer receive the packet that come inside and then forward it into another destination.

Linux

Change the value in your /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward from 0 to 1. Or you can do by following the step below:

echo '1' > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

 

Windows XP, Vista, 7

In Windows, the default value for port forwarding is disabled, you should enable it and then start the service. Below is the step by step to enable port forwarding in Windows.

1. Click Run(read here to know the shortcut for RUN),

2. Type services.msc and then click OK,

3. In services windows, scroll down and find “Routing and Remote Access” services. You will find out that this service is disabled by default, you should enable it.

4. Right Click in “Routing and Remote Access” and click Properties.

5. Choose automatic to enable this service.

6. When finished, you need to start the service or you can right click and then choose start.

 

Hope this posts is useful for you.

Incoming search terms:

• backtrack port forwarding
• port forwarding backtrack 5
• ip_forward windows
• port forwarding backtrack
• backtrack 5 port forwarding
• port forwarding in backtrack
• how to port forward in backtrack
• port forward backtrack
• how to configure port forwarding in linux
• windows ip_forward

3 Responsesto “How To Set Up Port Forwarding in Linux and Windows”

1. bhushan says:

   Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm

   awesome  man… thanks for that

   Reply
2. X says:

   Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 11:58 am

   It seems like that this is only for Remote Access.
   What if I want to forward 443 to a irc bouncer?

   Back to searching…

   Reply
   • v4L says:

     Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 11:18 am

     #X
     you can configure your router to forward packet that come to port 443 to 6667
     http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Port_Forwarding
     or use this program
     http://www.hacking-tutorial.com/download/spi-port-forward-redirection-for-windows-to-another-port-ip-address/

     Reply