Questions about Port Forwarding

rayhanania
Aspirant
May 29, 2020
Thank you ... I'm opening the port for a security camera DVR which
Mikey94025 wrote:
rayhanania wrote:
I have an RBR40 Router and use a MediaCom Internet Modem ...

I have been trying to setup port forwarding and have followed all the instructions, but everytime I set portforwarding on the Robi Router (Advance > Advanced Setup > PortForwarding/Port Triggering) to port 7000, the port never opens ... it saves but when I test it using an online CanYouSeeMe port etc, it always says it is closed
What are you trying to open the port to, e.g., to a Windows laptop or an Xbox? It's possible that the device being forwarded to has its own firewall settings that also need to be adjusted.

Another possibility is if your cable modem also needs ports to be opened. Is your Orbi running in Router mode or Access Point (AP) mode? If your cable modem isn't in Bridge mode (not the default), then you have Double NAT and also need to open ports in your cable modem to your Orbi.

is accessible on site but not remotely ... (not XBox or any game systems.)

I'll double check this:

"Another possibility is if your cable modem also needs ports to be opened. Is your Orbi running in Router mode or Access Point (AP) mode? If your cable modem isn't in Bridge mode (not the default), then you have Double NAT and also need to open ports in your cable modem to your Orbi."
- Mikey94025
  Hero
  May 30, 2020
  rayhanania wrote:
  I'll double check this:
  
  "Another possibility is if your cable modem also needs ports to be opened. Is your Orbi running in Router mode or Access Point (AP) mode? If your cable modem isn't in Bridge mode (not the default), then you have Double NAT and also need to open ports in your cable modem to your Orbi."
  One simple way to tell if you have Double NAT is to check if the Orbi's WAN IP address (displayed as Orbi's Advanced... Internet Port... IP Address) is not the same as what https://canyouseeme.org/ says is "Your IP". If they are not the same, then your cable modem is probably between the outside and your Orbi. Therefore you must also forward the same port via your cable modem from the outside to your Orbi, then your Orbi can also port forward again to your internal network host.
  
  If your cable modem is instead in bridge mode, then your Orbi's WAN IP address will be the same as what https://canyouseeme.org/ says. In that case just setting up your Orbi's port forwarding should do the trick.
  - rayhanania
    Aspirant
    May 30, 2020
    I switched to AP Mode and the whole Orbi system crashed ... I think I would have to go to my internet service provider FIRST and then have them reset the settings ... if you switch to AP mode using Orbi alone it crashes the system and it has to be reset from scratch, starting over.
    
    Honestly, Orbi's are more of a hassle than I expected ... they are designed to work for themselves not with other systems

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