topic Re: Issues forwarding a port in My Router

Issues forwarding a port

jameselliott915 — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:35:23 GMT

Hi there I was hoping someone could help me with a issue forwarding a port.

I am trying to forward a specific port 44158.

I goto port fowarding> Manage games and apllications> Add new> Then I set it to TCP - port range 44158-44158 (it automatically translates it to 44158) then I apply. > I then manually set the device IP and apply the new rule to the device.

I would assume this would be opening the port for the device. When i check on portchecker.co, using the local IP it still shows as closed on the IP I want it to be open.

What am I doing wrong here?

Re: Issues forwarding a port

dvorak — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:37:13 GMT

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Re: Issues forwarding a port

dvorak — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:42:11 GMT

I wouldn't set the static IP on the device, use the "Always use this IP address" address option in the network settings.

You also need to configure the forwarding rules to forward the Hellium rule to that device.

Re: Issues forwarding a port

MisterW — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:50:53 GMT

What am I doing wrong here?

@jameselliott915 you need to put your public IP into the portchecker NOT the internal IP of the device

Re: Issues forwarding a port

jameselliott915 — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:54:18 GMT

So I have changed the IP to "always use this IP" . When I am on the portforwarding page I have applied the new rule to the device with the IP address 192.168.1.163.

Is it an issue with the new rule or the device?

Re: Issues forwarding a port

jameselliott915 — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:58:08 GMT

When I use portchecker and use my current IP on my pc it shows as the port being open. But this wont be the same for my new device though right?

Re: Issues forwarding a port

dvorak — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:59:01 GMT

If it's showing the port as open then your rule is working correctly

Re: Issues forwarding a port

jameselliott915 — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:06:56 GMT

So if it shows on portchecker.co using my PCs public IP and not the devices IP address this means the port is open correctly?

Will it be open just for just that device or all devices in my network?

Sorry if these questions are a little basic, just trying to understand it properly.

Thanks for the help thusfar.

Re: Issues forwarding a port

dvorak — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:10:35 GMT

It means it's open for the whole Internet!
If you just want it open within your home you don't need to configure any port forwarding rules.

Re: Issues forwarding a port

MisterW — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:15:51 GMT

So if it shows on portchecker.co using my PCs public IP and not the devices IP address this means the port is open correctly?

Your local IP addresses ( 192.168.1.x ) are not visible outside your home network. Only your public IP is visible. Port forwarding tells the router to 'forward' any requests it receives (to the public IP) on the specified port , to the internal device you specify in the forwarding rule

Re: Issues forwarding a port

jameselliott915 — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:19:56 GMT

Thank you guys for the help. The device is now working properly now the port is open.

Again, thank you guys for the help, it is much appreciated.

Re: Issues forwarding a port

Dan_the_Van — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:24:23 GMT

I'd use this port checker or this one as it populates your public IP address. Also, the application you are port forwarding to must be running for the test to work.

Have you checked the status of the Plus Net firewall for your account via the members centre

Logon to the members centre Broadband > Broadband Firewall try turning it off if High or Low. A Hub rebooted is required for this change to take.

Dan.

Edit - see it's now fixed