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pgeenhuizen
Aspirant
Oct 02, 2023

Rbr50 firmware V2.7.4.24

I have several port forwarding rules that work just fine.  I need to move my web server to another host and to test it's connectivity I set up a rule to direct port 8080 to port 80 on the new server, but no matter what I do I cannot get to the web server via the internet.  I can connect to the new web server via my internal LAN.

So far I've rebooted the cable modem and the as a last resort the router as well yet I still cannot connect to he new web server.

I've never had any issues in the past setting up port forwarding, so I'm at a loss as to why I'm running into this problem.

Any assistance in resolving this would be greatly appreciated and if I need to provide more info please let me know.

Thanks

Pete

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  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru
    Oct 02, 2023

    What platform is the web server on?

    Windows Firewall, for example, has separate rules for private network (local LAN) and public (the internet).

    • pgeenhuizen's avatar
      pgeenhuizen
      Aspirant
      Oct 02, 2023

      Thanks for the repsonse, I should have added port forwarding to my subject to make it a bit more clear.

      I'm running strictly Linux hosts.

      As I said I have a port forwarding rule from the internet port 80 to internal IP port 80, so I added an new rule to forward internet port 8080 to internal new IP port 80.

      It's been several years since  I set up my router and all the rules I set up worked without a problem but trying to set up this new rule has me buffaloed

      Pete

       

      • CrimpOn's avatar
        CrimpOn
        Guru
        Oct 02, 2023

        Did you get a warning message when setting up the Port Forwarding that "These ports are being used by the system..."

        and the change will not take effect until the router is restarted?