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Port forwarding
24-08-2014 1:37 PM
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However, I am still unable to connect to the router e.g. using this website http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/; all the ports including the one I have just set up, as well as preconfigured ports e.g. 22/80 etc. are apparently closed. I have also tried to ping the router ip address from a linux server which is external to my home network.
How can I allow an external connection into the router? I am assuming this is an issue with the firewall, but according to the 'Technicolor gateway' configuring the port as described in the listed article should allow an exception in the firewall. I'm rather confused now!
Re: Port forwarding
24-08-2014 3:13 PM
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https://portal.plus.net/my.html?action=firewall
To turn it off, you need to select the 'Off' option and then force your connection to drop and re-connect for the change to be made effective.
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Re: Port forwarding
24-08-2014 6:38 PM
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Re: Port forwarding
24-08-2014 6:54 PM
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Re: Port forwarding
24-08-2014 8:44 PM
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Re: Port forwarding
24-08-2014 8:55 PM
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Re: Port forwarding
25-08-2014 10:10 AM
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Re: Port forwarding
25-08-2014 10:52 AM
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Apart from checking that the VNC server is configured to allow external access, I've heard that port forwarding may work better if the target device has an IP address assigned by the router DHCP rather than setting a static IP address on the device itself.
Re: Port forwarding
25-08-2014 11:31 AM
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Further is there a software firewall (windows or some other) on the target machine? The port in question needs to be open on the target machine.
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Re: Port forwarding
26-08-2014 6:43 PM
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