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CarlE123
Aspirant
Apr 26, 2020

Port forwarding not working

Hei have been trying to port forward my router so me and my friend can play call of duty bo4 together, but it doesn't seem to work
CarlE123's avatar
CarlE123
Aspirant
May 02, 2020

And if it matches then what

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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
May 02, 2020
CarlE123 wrote:

And if it matches then what

Making assumptions has seldom worked out for me.  For example, one could infer from the question that the IP address shown on the Orbi web interface matches the IP address shown by port testing web sites.  Or, one could infer that you have not checked and this is in anticipation of the results.  If they don't match, then port forwarding can never work.  If they DO match, then something else is blocking port forwarding. 

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    CarlE123
    Aspirant
    May 02, 2020

    its the right ip but its says connection timed out when I check for open ports

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      CrimpOn
      Guru - Experienced User
      May 02, 2020
      CarlE123 wrote:

      its the right ip but its says connection timed out when I check for open ports

      Can you make a screen shot of this message?  What is "timing out"?

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        CarlE123
        Aspirant
        May 04, 2020