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Orbi Portforwarding Not Working
I reccently got a new orbi router and have been having issues with portforwarding. I just tried making a minecraft server and everything is fine but something with the port forwarding is wrong. I used 25565 and did UDP and TCP and my local ip. However my friends cant connect and when I go to a port tester it says that 25565 is closed on my ip.
Has any one else had this issue and does anyone know how to fix it?
if you are port forwarding you need to disable UPnP
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Getting the port tester to work is a good start... Something isn't working right. Is your Orbi in Router or AP mode? Does your cable modem also had port forwarding for 25565 and if so, is it forwarding that port to the IP of your server? If your server IP changed then port forwarding that worked with your old router will probably not work with your new one.
Thanks for the reply
However I belive my router is in AP mode though I'm not sure how to check, I didn't know modems needed to be portforwared (do I simpy plug my ethernet cable from my computer to the modem?), and don't know what a server IP is.
Thank you so much
Sorry for the ignorence :mantongue:
If your Orbi is in AP mode, then you don't need to worry about setting up port forwarding on it. You need to configure port forwarding on whatever device is operating as your router. That could be your modem, which might have a router built into it.
My Orbi is in router mode and port forwarding is working flawlessly...
- Do you have dmz enabled?
were you able to get this resolved? i'm having the same issue. i have opened ports via the port forwarding tab and when i check on one of the port checker tools it still says the port is unopened/blocked. any help is appreciated.
Hello Spunky424
What is the port that is still blocked?
DarrenMI got the same problem with my Orbi in router mode running firmware V1.11.0.20. I configured Port Forwarding with port 25565 for Minecraft and IP address of my son's Win10 PC running Minecraft server, but outside-in access of this server using the proper public IP address does not work. Only access from local network ("localhost") works. I also tried enabling DMZ for my son's PC but it is still no good. I even rebooted the Orbi but it made no difference.
Is Port Forwarding known to work in router mode? Are there additional settings within Orbi configuration needed to get Port Forwarding to work? I cannot change my Orbi to AP mode as my Arris cable modem does not have router functionality.
