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Originally Posted by griffinj
So I have a wireless router that does NAT and acts as a firewall. Would I need to open a port to allow inbound access to the sling box? How does it perform over an 802.11g network, or should I go hardwired? Any disadvantages to the sling?
Yes, I had to open a port on my Airport Extreme router to allow streaming, and I had to map that port manually to the internal ("private") IP address assigned to the SlingBox. But it is pretty easy to do if you are familiar with DHCP/NAT configuration.