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Port Forwarding problem
03-06-2012 11:21 PM
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I am trying to open the necessary ports in order to have remote internet access.
I have opened the ports on the router and although I can ping my address I cannot get through to the ports that I have told the router to allow.
Plusnet have no suggestions, can anyone help please?
Re: Port Forwarding problem
03-06-2012 11:22 PM
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It may not work but at least it would take one factor out of the equation
Re: Port Forwarding problem
03-06-2012 11:37 PM
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Re: Port Forwarding problem
05-06-2012 9:33 AM
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I loved my Netgear router, sadly it died a couple of weeks ago.
Anyhow, i use to host gaming sessions using my DG834G which is the little brother of the GT.
1. Open the ports in ther services menu, so create a name, port range like from port 80 to port 80 for example and save.
2. You now have to forward the ports to a static internal lan address which is not the computer you are on right now! I think the menu was in firewall rules, and forward the ports to something like 192.168.0.50. (Always use the rule when portforwarding, you are the admin, you never portforward to yourself).
3. Change the server/computer's static IP to 192.168.0.50
Subnet field should automatically be filled in.
Gateway should be 192.168.0.1
You only need to enter 1 DNS address which is also 192.168.0.1
As long as the McAfee firewall is turned off on the Plusnet control panel, you should be able to access your computer/server externally now.
Re: Port Forwarding problem
06-06-2012 11:06 PM
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I had done what you have suggested but double checked (again) in case i had made a mistake but still no path through the router.
I can see the address on my lAN but still cannot access it from the web, it just does'nt make sense, any other ideas?
Re: Port Forwarding problem
07-06-2012 7:43 AM
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Re: Port Forwarding problem
07-06-2012 10:20 AM
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From the command line on another PC (at work) I can ping my address ok but cannot "push" beyond that to the open ports.
I have tried to access the ip address through Internet Explorer and Firefox but neither browser can find the address, this I find strange as it can be pinged.
Any ideas anyone?
Re: Port Forwarding problem
07-06-2012 10:39 AM
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Re: Port Forwarding problem
07-06-2012 11:45 AM
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Just wondering if the portwarding has actually worked, but the software your using isnt working.
Port 80 is for running a website, so maybe wrong for what your doing.
Re: Port Forwarding problem
08-06-2012 11:14 AM
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In case there was something blocking port 80 which is very common I changed the port on the DVR and I can access the DVR pictures on my LAN no problem, so it seems that it is the router that is doing the blocking but am sure that it is set up properly.
Although I can ping my static address by using the command line on my office PC, neither Internet Explorer or Firefox can find the address.
Any more ideas, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Re: Port Forwarding problem
08-06-2012 2:18 PM
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Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Port Forwarding problem
08-06-2012 3:31 PM
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Re: Port Forwarding problem
08-06-2012 5:29 PM
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Quote I have tried to access the ip address through Internet Explorer and Firefox but neither browser can find the address, this I find strange as it can be pinged.
ping uses a different protocol and port and so pinging your (public) ip address will work since the router itself will respond to the ping
Quote In case there was something blocking port 80 which is very common I changed the port on the DVR and I can access the DVR pictures on my LAN no problem,
So when accessing the DVR pictures from the LAN are you using a browser and what port are you specifying in the URL ?
By default IE and Firefox will be using port 80 (HTTP) and so they won't get any response from your public IP address since the router isn't forwarding port 80.
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Quote Although I can ping my static address by using the command line on my office PC, neither Internet Explorer or Firefox can find the address.
Quote 8000. 8070 and 8090, is this a problem?
So the DVR needs 3 ports to operate ?
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Port Forwarding problem
08-06-2012 7:29 PM
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Also taking into account you decided to change the default ports what web browsers use (port 80). I pressume when your testing from work, you are also entering the new port number into internet explorer/firefox aswell as the IP address?
Re: Port Forwarding problem
08-06-2012 8:08 PM
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Quote from: Anotherone What available Plusnet Firewall settings do you have?
I read that in reply #2
Quote from: Hans007 The Plusnet Firewall settings are all off................
That wasn't what I asked, because of this in reply #3
Quote from: Hans007 Thanks for the advise but have already turned off the Plusnet firewall completely.
That is a reference to the Firewall that is part of Plusnet Protect which may or may not be installed on your computer.
Quote from: Mangoletsi ....As long as the McAfee firewall is turned off on the Plusnet control panel, you should be able to access your computer/server externally now.
Both JIm and I were referring to the Plusnet Broadband one at the Member Centre which has the following settings -
Off, Low, High, Block Common Ports, Block common ports except HTTP and HTTPS, Block common ports except SMTP, Block common ports except HTTP, HTTPS and SMTP.
And the reason I asked was as there might have been some confusion, or something overlooked. Whichever, once you have it sorted I recommend you turn your Firewall(s) on again after, with the appropriate settings, for your own protection.
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