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To setup port forwarding on the Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router your computer needs to have a static IP address. You should complete one of the following steps first:
Now that you have setup a Static IP Address on your computer, please enter the IP address that you assigned to your computer here:
Now we need to know your routers IP address. You can find it a variety of ways.
It's ok if you don't know your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router's internal IP address. You can find it by doing one of the following:
Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser.
In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the internal IP address of your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router. By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.0.1.
You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now.
Click the Ok button to log in to your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router.
Please visit our Default Buffalo Router Passwords page if the username and password shown below did not work for you.
If you can't login to your router because you forgot your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router back to its factory settings.
If you are having trouble with this guide, then perhaps PFConfig may be your solution. PFConfig is a software tool that will automatically forward ports for your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router to save you time and hassle.
Now that you are logged in to your Buffalo WLAR-L11-L router you should see the following:
Click the Advanced Settings button near the bottom of the page.
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. PS3 The Outsider requires you to forward the 5223,3478,3479,3658 ports. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Add NAT Table menu and then click Add to NAT Table.
| IP Address of WAN | Manual Setting: | ||
| Protocol | All | ||
| ICMP | |||
| Manual | Protocol Number | ||
| TCP/UDP | Port | Port Number: | |
| IP Address of LAN | Manual Setting: | ||
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Add NAT Table page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Add to NAT Table.
| IP Address of WAN | Manual Setting: | ||
| Protocol | All | ||
| ICMP | |||
| Manual | Protocol Number | ||
| TCP/UDP | Port | Port Number: | |
| IP Address of LAN | Manual Setting: | ||
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Add NAT Table page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Add to NAT Table.
| IP Address of WAN | Manual Setting: | ||
| Protocol | All | ||
| ICMP | |||
| Manual | Protocol Number | ||
| TCP/UDP | Port | Port Number: | |
| IP Address of LAN | Manual Setting: | ||
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Add NAT Table page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Add to NAT Table.
| IP Address of WAN | Manual Setting: | ||
| Protocol | All | ||
| ICMP | |||
| Manual | Protocol Number | ||
| TCP/UDP | Port | Port Number: | |
| IP Address of LAN | Manual Setting: | ||
And that is it! You are done!
Now that you have forwarded ports for PS3 The Outsider on the Buffalo WLAR-L11-L you should test to see if your ports are forwarded correctly.
To test if your port has been properly forwarded, you can use our Open Port Check tool. Our Open Port Check tool is the only online port checking tool with Guaranteed Results.
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