Does anyone know of a wireless router that can effectively bypass the NAT through DMZ IP settings? I've purchased a few wireless routers in the past, and I have found that some ports seemed to be firewalled even when I have the DMZ assigned to the correct IP address, and that always baffled me. Is this sort of situation exclusive to some routers? Perhaps older ones? I have two Linksys Wireless G and one Microsoft Wireless G and they've been fairly consistently unreliable in this regard. Or is the DMZ setting not a true firewall bypass? For the longest time I have always made a direct ethernet hook-up off the modem before the router, however in my new apartment tidy cabling will be an expensive and exhausting challenge, so I wouldn't mind going wireless if I could get the same effect. Also, do routers exist which can put 2 or more IPs in a DMZ? I wouldn't mind even looking at some more commercial options, because as it stands right now hard wiring would have to be flat Cat5 which costs quite a pretty penny. Thanks, Bill Athlon XP 3200+ Shuttle AN35N Ultra Geforce 6800GT OC 1GB PC3200 Windows XP Pro SP2

I have found that DMZ's are full Nat's/Pats that fully open the internal machine to the internet. The only issue would be some tunnels that need to be handled correctly. It is not the port as such but rather how well encapulated the packet is. There is very little reason I can think of to allow such a thing as a DMZ. Consider using maybe a BSD based box and then to the wireless. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

There are routers that will allow multipke IP's into the DMZ...but I suspect you need a static IP from your ISP... Most ISP's, when establishing a static IP for a client will issue 5 static IP's...that is what MY ISP does, ATT DSL...All 5 static IP's come in on the same phone line into a 2Wire router...In the 2Wire, you can choose which IP's you want to NAT, which one(s) to send to the DMZ etc... In my case, I took one IP and sent it to my web server, 2003SBS server, then I took one IP and sent it to another router, Linksys RV042 and NATed that for my LAN... I plan to take another IP, send it to a second NIC on my SBS server for an FTP site...that would make 2 IP's in the DMS in my case... Depending on how your ISP handles static IP's, and the equipment, you can do it...