Results 1 to 10 of 10

Thread: Getting around a router firewall

  1. #1
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Posts
    1

    Getting around a router firewall

    At home, there's a Netgear wireless router. Through the firewall settings, its blocking programs, mainly AOL Instant Messenger. Is there a way I can get around this? Thanks

  2. #2
    AO Ancient: Team Leader
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Posts
    5,197
    The best way would be to ask mommy or daddy to unblock it for you...
    Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you.....
    \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides

  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Posts
    320
    Whos going to be the first with that big red pile of neg ?
    The fool doth think he is wise, but the wiseman knows himself to be a fool - Good Ole Bill Shakespeare

  4. #4
    Right turn Clyde Nokia's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Button Moon
    Posts
    1,696
    It is his/her first post and an innocent question..............

  5. #5
    I would suggest checking aol's aim support sight for dealling with firewalls. alternates are using a DMZ ( not recommended unless you know what your doing) or port fowarding the aim ports at the router, assuming you have admin access to the router.

  6. #6
    Master-Jedi-Pimps0r & Moderator thehorse13's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    Washington D.C. area
    Posts
    2,885
    I would do nothing. Mom and Dad blocked you for a reason. If they have enough common sense to use the AOL block feature on the router, chances are that they are bright enough to foil your ametuer crime ambitions. LOL.

    --TH13
    Our scars have the power to remind us that our past was real. -- Hannibal Lecter.
    Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. -- John Wooden

  7. #7
    Senior Member nihil's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    United Kingdom: Bridlington
    Posts
    17,188
    Move home,

    It may be hard, but then you would have the right to a life of your own?


  8. #8
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Posts
    1

    Question Why the negitive feedback

    Forward port 5190 to your pc assuming you are the only one on the network that uses aim. I dont understand why this information wasnt just given to you in the first place if you dont have access to the router it is pretty much useless. I really dont understand the responses I thought we wanted people to come here to learn. If we dont teach them they will go elsewhere, and probably not to a board with members that have some form of ethics.
    \"I\'m not dumb. I just have a command of throughly useless information.\" - Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes

  9. #9
    IT Specialist Ghost_25inf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Michigan
    Posts
    648
    ZigZag887 I wont neg you on this one, you just need to understand that questions that sound as if you wanna hack into something is bad to ask around here. Do you have access to the router? If so add the AIM port to the port forwarding list and the internal IP of the computer that need access. normally routers dont give you problems with this program. If you are attempting to bypass the router without permission then I would say, it would be to complex for you to understand at this point.
    S25vd2xlZGdlIGlzIHBvd2VyIQ

  10. #10
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Posts
    4,785
    lots of folks get routers without knowing how to configure them....if it is mommy/daddy situation im sure it will be password protected so what could hurt. i dont use AIM but there's usually is a preset for things like that.

    drop into a dos box (run >> cmd) then do ipconfig. right chick on your default gateway address and copy (i hate this about xp) then double click on the address and it should highlight. right click to copy to clipboard

    then at the prompt type start http://<right click and paste> hit enter and your routers f/w configuration page will load in your default broeser. if you know the password you will need to give it. if you've never configured it before you'll need to create one. search for incoming connections and map the port given above, check allow and add the address of your computer as the place calls to this port are sent to. save it and you should be set to jam.
    Bukhari:V3B48N826 “The Prophet said, ‘Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?’ The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is because of the deficiency of a woman’s mind.’”

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •