Port forwarding on SHAW w/ Cisco router...

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Originally Posted by cav~firez22

get a real router and have the cisco one shaw provided to you set to bridge mode so you get real IP, then program the aftermarket one for port forward

Originally Posted by tobysmurf

I'll second the idea of putting the router in bridge mode and getting something decent instead. I have a lot of inbound traffic on my shaw connection and when using their router to do all the forwarding the router would lock up every 3-4 days. Since I put it in bridge mode and put a nice router/firewall device behind it I have not had any issues at all.

Thanks guys, I'll find a router and report back

Cheers

*mod please merge this with the other duplicate thread*