Hi - new to forum and not much of a techy so pls bear with me...
I recently opened / forwarded the TCP and UDP 25565 port in this router as part of setting up a Minecraft server hosted on my pc for my kids. This was before I realised I cd outsource the open port security risk (which I was never totally happy with) by renting v cheap minecraft server space. I've now done this and happy kids, happy home etc
But I wanted to be sure I had closed my backdoor so to speak.
It is not clear to me how to close / be sure theses ports are closed.
I can see I can simply set 'NO' to the 'Enable Port Forwarding' option under WAN>Virtual Server / Port Forwarding.
But I'd be happier if I could specify that I wanted to reverse the actual forwarding command I gave earlier. I can see the Port Forwarding List at the bottom (which has a 'delete' option next to each line of fields), but there is nothing listed.
So my questions are:
1. is it possible to specify which ports I want to close / turn off port forwarding for
2. is it possible test that all ports are indeed closed / not forwarded (other than buying software to check)
3. if buying checking software is the only way, any recommendations? I am looking at this https://portforward.com/store/pfconfig.cgi - tho it is$40.00
I recently opened / forwarded the TCP and UDP 25565 port in this router as part of setting up a Minecraft server hosted on my pc for my kids. This was before I realised I cd outsource the open port security risk (which I was never totally happy with) by renting v cheap minecraft server space. I've now done this and happy kids, happy home etc
But I wanted to be sure I had closed my backdoor so to speak.
It is not clear to me how to close / be sure theses ports are closed.
I can see I can simply set 'NO' to the 'Enable Port Forwarding' option under WAN>Virtual Server / Port Forwarding.
But I'd be happier if I could specify that I wanted to reverse the actual forwarding command I gave earlier. I can see the Port Forwarding List at the bottom (which has a 'delete' option next to each line of fields), but there is nothing listed.
So my questions are:
1. is it possible to specify which ports I want to close / turn off port forwarding for
2. is it possible test that all ports are indeed closed / not forwarded (other than buying software to check)
3. if buying checking software is the only way, any recommendations? I am looking at this https://portforward.com/store/pfconfig.cgi - tho it is$40.00