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port forwarding won't work on orbi RBR50
I am unable to open ports on my network. I'm trying to set up some game servers and nothing never works and when testing the ports on https://canyouseeme.org/, they always appear closed Can someone ...
Your intuition is correct that the Windows computer must be ready to accept connections from the Internet for port forwarding to work.
When the Orbi forwards a port, it does not respond to the incoming connection request. That is the job of the device that packets are forwarded to. I also like to verify port status with Gibson Research "Shields Up!", which distinguishes between Closed and Stealth.
I suggest verifying that this app is set up in the Firewall to accept both private and public connections and test it from a computer on the same network. Then try https://canyouseeme.org/
if you can elaborate please on what i need to do. I've done the testing on the link you provide for the common ports and all the service ports all of them showed up as stealth, I'm not really sure what that means or if it's even correct.