ok so i got madden06 and im having one hell of a time opening the ports on my router to allow me to play onlineive been having to unplug the router to play. i found that i have to open
HTTP: 80 (outbound only)
HTTPS: 443 (outbound only)
TCP 13500, 28400-28499, 32768-65535 (outbound only)
UDP 1795, 1797 (inbound and outbound)

the problem is i logg onto my router (D-link DI-524) but i dunno wtf virtual server? application? firewall? and suggestions anyone who has done this and could step me through would be great.

what kind of router is it? rather that the setup you dscribed, you could set up a DMZ host scheme using the IP address of your device. DMZ hosting can be used to expose a computer on the LAN to unrestricted WAN activity and will require no physical unplugging of cables and whatnot.