Random ports...

[gaara]

hiya. i host a jedi knight: jedi academy server, and had no problems for about a year. all of a sudden, wehrever my server starts up, instead of showing on the master list as using port 29100 (which is set sa the net_port), it has some other random port listed. thus, whenever my server restarts, it takes forever to get back on the list because it has some new port.i think this may be a problem with my router, but what i dont understand is, why is it doing this now? help?

[+JuggerNaut+]

see if someone did a hard reset on it which wiped your previous settings.

if you try and log into it and it's using the default username/password, then (unless you were a silly boy) you'd know that it was reset.

[^misantropia^]

Some routers dynamically remap port numbers (to avoid collisions with other users on the same network). If possible, try connecting your PC directly and see if the problem persists.

[gaara]

well, i kinda need the router cuz we only have one plug. i have a DI-604, know any way i can turn that shit off?
(o btw i tired calling d-link tech support to no avail. their outsourced techs had no idea what i was talking about and just gave me the runaround)

[+JuggerNaut+]

DI-604 huh? do yourself a favor and get a new router. seriously.

[gaara]

orly? this one was supplied by verizon when we got fiber optic...

what about a TRENDnet TEG-S50TXE 5-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Switch?

[+JuggerNaut+]

the reason i say that is because i've had horrible experiences with certain d-link routers and your model in particular was probably the worst piece of gear i've bought in the last 5 years.

don't know anything about trendnet, but i've been extremely happy with mine and setting up about 15 or so Linksys WRT54G wireless routers for friends/businesses.