Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
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Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
08-11-2020 1:09 PM
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Hello,
I have a port-forward rule to forward certain ports for a game launcher to my main PC. This works fine.
I now have an additional machine that I need the SAME rule applied to; but it won't let me do it. Why not?
I don't want to remove the application, nor do I want to select the same device. I want to use the same rule for another device. All I need is to use my exisiting port-forward rule to 2 devices, not 1. How do I do this?
Note: I've tried creating a new game/application with the same port mappings but that doesn't work either.
Many thanks
Mal.
Re: Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
08-11-2020 1:33 PM
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I now have an additional machine that I need the SAME rule applied to; but it won't let me do it. Why not?
Think about it. If a packet arrives to your external address and the port being forwarded , how would your router know which of the two internal IP addresses it should be forwarded to?
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Re: Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
08-11-2020 1:37 PM
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Presumably becuase of the rules telling it which way to go - I'm not sure. I'm guessing it can only go to one place, not one to many.
If it's not possible i'll accept it as a limitation; otherwise if it is possible I would appreciate a workaround
Thanks for responding
Mal
Re: Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
08-11-2020 2:31 PM - edited 08-11-2020 2:34 PM
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I'm guessing it can only go to one place, not one to many.
Correct, that's why the Hub One ( and all other routers AFAIK ) will prevent you from setting up more than one portforward for the same port.
Are you sure you need to portforward at all ?
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Re: Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
08-11-2020 2:37 PM
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Re: Home Hub One - Cannot Port Forward to Multiple Devices
09-11-2020 3:11 PM
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You could technically bypass DHCP and manually assign the two devices's the same IP in the network and that would work - so long as they aren't switched on at the same time. You'll end up with an IP conflict if they're on at the same time.
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