Elementary introduction to IPv4 port forwarding on a typical home router running in typical NAT scenario (by far the most common scenario), as it pertains to KMS servers: Code: +-----------------------------------------+ +------------------+ | Home Router | | PC | +-----------------------------------------+ +------------------+ | ISP-facing adapter | LAN-facing adapter | | Network adapter | | IP: 123.45.67.89 | IP: 192.168.0.1 | | IP: 192.168.0.10 | | External Port | | | Internal Port | | 1688 | | | 1688 | +----------+---------+---------+----------+ +--------+---------+ | | | ------| ISP |--+ +----------| LAN |----------+ A home router has (at least) two network adapters and therefore has two IP addresses. The WAN IP is the address of the ISP-facing adapter (facing the global Internet), in this example 123.45.67.89. Port forwarding means telling the router that any connection coming to port 1688 on the ISP-facing (external) adapter should be redirected (forwarded) to port 1688 on the network adapter of the PC. Typical port forwarding configuration on the router involves specifying the external port (1688), the internal IP (192.168.0.10) and the internal port (1688). After the port forwarding setup is done, if you run a KMS server on the PC, then any computer on the global Internet can connect to the external port (IP 123.45.67.89, port 1688) and ends up connected to the internal port (IP 192.168.0.10, port 1688), reaching the KMS server. Depending on router model, you may be able to connect to the external port from inside the LAN. Hence a PC running on the LAN can try to specify IP 123.45.67.89 as the KMS server address and may be able to activate that way. Not every router model allows connections to an external port from inside the LAN! If the router supports this connection method, then the above setup allows you to bypass the local IP restriction of the KMS client in Windows 8.1. PS: Everything above applies identically regardless of whether your LAN is a cabled network or a WiFi network.
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1. under investigation.. could you run the following command and report back the text file: Code: wmic Path SoftwareLicensingProduct Get /all >%userprofile%\Desktop\SPP.txt 2. v6.0 and v6.0.1 has the same kmsserver, same parameters, so the error is from your system maybe temporary glitch open the script and remove " >nul 2>&1" in front kmsserver line to see why it's not starting
Most routers don't allow you to specify more than one forwarding rule with the same external port number. If yours allowed it, that's non-standard. Also, its behaviour is unpredictable. You really should not be allowed more than one rule with the same external port. As for this method being a hassle: I agree. I think using a home router in this way to bypass the local IP restriction is a stupid solution, much easier to use a TAP adapter and Tun Mirror. But hey, to each their own. Besides, your entire question is academic and your solution is not necessary. If you have multiple PCs, you don't need to involve the home router at all. Just run the KMS server on one PC and activate another PC off of that, then run the KMS server on another PC and activate the first PC off of that.
Hmm, "stupid" is a bit strong. I could see it being useful in some scenarios. It's nice to have a choice. Yes, tried that, with the KMSserver working on an old (silent) XP laptop, this is a nice solution as well. Still, I like trying all different possibilities, and if my router allows multiple forwarding rules for the same port, doing reinstalls only needs kmsserver.exe, which is nice for my unattended installs. Of course, I'm eagerly awaiting Murphy78's new $oem$ folder! (actually, I use these files in a WinRAR SFX which runs at the end of JFX's WinNTSetup, but that's a whole 'nother story). It's all about nice and clean unattended installs!