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Back to Contents Page Configuring Your Dell™ TrueMobile™ 2300 Router for Gaming This section will assist in configuring the Dell TrueMobile 2300 Router for gaming. In some cases, the firewall feature of the router will cause a game not to function as intended. This document will not provide details for each game, but will discuss how to open TCP/IP ports for one or more system. WARNING: Operating any client systems on the Internet without firewall protection may allow un-authorized access to a system. This may lead to data loss. Follow below steps to set up the router for gaming: 1. Select the system or systems to be used as game systems. 2. Locate the MAC address. For Windows 2000 and XP a. Click Start -> Run. b. Type cmd, and click OK. c. On the command prompt, type ipconfig /all d. Write down the MAC (Physical) address of your computer to configure for gaming. 3. Open the web browser, and type http://my.router (or http://192.168.2.1) 4. Click the Advanced Settings tab. 5. Click the DHCP Server Settings tab on the left navigation bar. 6. Click Add button in IP Address Reservation, a. Enter the MAC address of the system you wish to use for gaming in MAC Address field. b. Enter an IP address for the system (select a number between 101 and 254) 7. Click Submit. 8. Click the Port Forwarding Settings tab on the left navigation bar. a. To set a single computer for gaming, check the Enable DMZ Host box. b. Enter the IP address of the system at DMZ IP Address field. c. Click Submit. NOTE: Only a single computer can be set for DMZ service. To set multiple computers for gaming, please refer to the Custom Port Forwarding Settings under the Port Forwarding Settings. 9. Reboot the client system. The client system will use the newly assigned IP and will not have any TCP/IP ports blocked by the firewall feature of the router. Back to Contents Page

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Configuring Your Dell™ TrueMobile™ 2300 Router for Gaming
This section will assist in configuring the Dell TrueMobile 2300 Router for gaming. In some cases, the firewall feature of the
router will cause a game not to function as intended. This document will not provide details for each game, but will discuss
how to open TCP/IP ports for one or more system.
WARNING:
Operating any client systems on the Internet without firewall protection may allow un-authorized access to a
system. This may lead to data loss.
Follow below steps to set up the router for gaming:
1. Select the system or systems to be used as game systems.
2. Locate the MAC address.
For Windows 2000 and XP
a. Click
Start
->
Run
.
b. Type
cmd
, and click
OK
.
c. On the command prompt, type
ipconfig /all
d. Write down the MAC (Physical) address of your computer to configure for gaming.
3. Open the web browser, and type
http://my.router
(or
)
4. Click the
Advanced Settings
tab.
5. Click the
DHCP Server Settings
tab on the left navigation bar.
6. Click
Add
button in
IP Address Reservation
,
a. Enter the MAC address of the system you wish to use for gaming in
MAC Address
field.
b. Enter an
IP address
for the system (select a number between 101 and 254)
7. Click
Submit
.
8. Click the
Port Forwarding Settings
tab on the left navigation bar.
a. To set a single computer for gaming, check the
Enable DMZ Host
box.
b. Enter the IP address of the system at
DMZ IP Address
field.
c. Click
Submit
.
NOTE: Only a single computer can be set for DMZ service. To set multiple computers for gaming, please
refer to the
Custom Port Forwarding Settings
under the
Port Forwarding Settings
.
9. Reboot the client system. The client system will use the newly assigned IP and will not have any TCP/IP ports blocked
by the firewall feature of the router.
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