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y_u_no_work
Aspirant
May 06, 2020
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Netgear Orbi portforwarding not working

I recently upgraded my router from a very old Netgear N600 WNDR3800 router to a Netgear Orbi rbr50. I had a Minecraft server that I ran on my old router that I'm trying to move to the Orbi. I am tryi...
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    y_u_no_work
    May 10, 2020

    So turns out the porblem was the modem after all! The modem was very very old, and I don't think it got along with the Orbi very much. I upgraded the modem and now the server is working great! Thank you all for your help!

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y_u_no_work
Aspirant
May 06, 2020
I have the TCP and UDP option selected. My port checker says they’re both closed. This issue only started once I switched to the Orbi router.
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
May 06, 2020
y_u_no_work wrote:
I have the TCP and UDP option selected. My port checker says they’re both closed. This issue only started once I switched to the Orbi router.

The local IP address of the Minecraft server has not changed?

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    y_u_no_work
    Aspirant
    May 06, 2020
    No. I’ve check both my internal and external IP addresses multiple times. They are both correct.