Port Forward without Router Windows 2008 Server

This is a quick how to to do port forwarding using Windows 2008 similar to using a router. This is useful if you’re running a private network inside your server.

First you’ll have to go to Server Manager -> Roles -> Add Role -> Network Policy and Access Servers. Within there you’ll see an option for Routing and Remote Access. Be sure to select that. After that’s installed you can go to Computer Management and configure Routing and Remote Access which located under the Services and Application drop down. Configure it for NAT, and anything else you want to do . Once configured select IPv4 -> NAT, then right click on your public adapter. Then you’ll see an option for Services and Ports and you can add a new one. Here you will set your incoming port, and then address and port you want it forwarded to.

That’s how it’s done. Very useful. You can also do it just as well in Windows 2003 server.