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Port forwarding not working
Recently got my Orbi and upgraded from a R7000 router where i had a few ports open via port forwarding. i mimicked the same ports on the orbi and saved the settings but using a port checker the ports are still closed? how do i get this to work? i've tried numerous ports and different ip addresses. the ip addresses on my devices are static, so that is not the issue. any help is appreciated.
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Are you trying to port forwarding to a Windows PC? When you change routers the network may default to private so the Windows firewall will block the incoming port until you make the network public.
- Use http://www.canyouseeme.org/ to see if the port is open in your router (it will say Success if it can reach it)
- If your port is open in your router, now check for anything blocking that port on the PC. Try disabling the Windows firewall temporarily and see if things work.
- Try changing your Windows network from public to private: https://tinkertry.com/how-to-change-windows-10-network-type-from-public-to-private
