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Opening Ports on Orbi
I need some advice on how to set up Port Forwarding for Wi-Fi Calling to work properly through Orbi. There are multiple phones that utilize this feature so I can't specify a particular IP address. ...
Yes I suppose I might have to use a port trigger instead. As to why, as I said before, WIFI calling on our cell phones is dependent upon communicating through these ports, and since I have no service in my loction I am dependent on it.
PhoenixV wrote:Yes I suppose I might have to use a port trigger instead. As to why, as I said before, WIFI calling on our cell phones is dependent upon communicating through these ports, and since I have no service in my loction I am dependent on it.
I stil think you are mistaken. You might need to use these ports on OUTGOING connections, but this requires no port forwarding or other configuration. These ports are related to VPN connections, by the way.
Why do you believe you need port forwarding? What are you looking at that makes you think this is required?
Give a link to a reference that indicates these ports must be opened.
Actually I am correct, as the tech support documents from T-mobile exist all over. Basically, the WiFi Calling feature sets up a secure tunnel connecting back to the servers.....
PhoenixV wrote:Actually I am correct, as the tech support documents from T-mobile exist all over. Basically, the WiFi Calling feature sets up a secure tunnel connecting back to the servers.....
Good. So post a reference to one of those T-mobile documents so someone can help you.
The attitude exhibited in your reply is unappreciated and uncalled for... help is however appreciated. There are those of us who do know what we are talking about (maybe not about everything but certainly for many things, and this happens to be one of them). See the link below and help if you can:
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-12601
Now WiFi calling which is built into a device such as an iPhone requires the same port usage. I can give you that article as well should you continue to doubt the ports used.
Regards...