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How to port forward in Nighthawk M5?
I’m using a Nighthawk M5 (HW version 1.2) with a Netgear Orbi RBK33 mesh system. The Nighthawk’s WiFi coverage is not enough to cover the entire home so I need to use a separate mesh system. But unfo...
Don't have one to test.
First recommend Orbi WAN be static IP (like 192.168.1.2) and set that to DMZ.
Try opening a WAN port on the Orbi (such as FTP server or remote SSH or HTTPS admin) then see if the Orbi answers an incoming connection from OUTSIDE your LAN (from the cloud, a separate phone LTE connection will do). If the Orbi answers, it's your Orbi forwarding that's the problem.
First recommend Orbi WAN be static IP (like 192.168.1.2) and set that to DMZ.
Try opening a WAN port on the Orbi (such as FTP server or remote SSH or HTTPS admin) then see if the Orbi answers an incoming connection from OUTSIDE your LAN (from the cloud, a separate phone LTE connection will do). If the Orbi answers, it's your Orbi forwarding that's the problem.
Thanks for your reply.
I have already made Orbi’s IP i.e: 192.168.1.36 (which was originally assigned by the Nighthawk) a static IP within Orbi, but I can try changing it to a lower number like 2 in case there is some wired limitation on the Nighthawk.
I also installed IIS on a virtual machine to help test port forwarding. I can access the webserver from the Nighthawk’s LAN i.e: 192.168.1.1/24 when I connect to Nighthawk’s WiFi and visit 192.168.1.38:80 (which is Orbi’s IP). I believe this means Orbi’s port forwarding is working correctly. But I can’t connect to the webserver from outside whether I have DMZ or a port forwarding on the Nighthawk.