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Doomguy3232's avatar
Doomguy3232
Aspirant
Mar 05, 2023

R6300v2 and Nighthawk MR1100 port forwarding issues

i have tried everything from DMZ ( not sure if i did it right though ) to ZeroTier and have been dealing with this issue for YEARS! and now i think its the time that i finally fix it...

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru
    Mar 05, 2023
    Doomguy3232 wrote:

    i have tried everything from DMZ ( not sure if i did it right though ) to ZeroTier and have been dealing with this issue for YEARS! and now i think its the time that i finally fix it...

    We might need a bit more detail than that somewhat cryptic account.

     

    Start with explaining what you want to do.

     

    Why are you playing with port forwarding?

     

    Then there are the usual boilerplate questions.

     

    What firmware version do you have on the device?

    A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.

    It might also help if you told people what the modem is in front of this router, if there is one. The make and model number could be useful. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?

    The reason for asking is that a lot of people turn up here trying to put a router behind a modem that is also a router. That can complicate troubleshooting.

     

     

     

     

    • Doomguy3232's avatar
      Doomguy3232
      Aspirant
      Mar 05, 2023

      well, on the nighthalk ( i will call the modem for the rest of this conversation because thats how we are basicly using it ) its connected to a switch which has my modem, router, and server connected to it all. the router is ONLY connected to the switch on the internet port and my home wiring on the second port. my server is running Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and SerXNG instances and i would like to port forward them all. the router is running on version V1.0.4.52_10.0.93, and my modem is running on version NTG9X50C_12.06.39.00. when i check for updates on the modem it will not let me, saying an error occurred and to wait for it to " auto update " im pretty sure it never has successfully done this. i have updated the router before but when i did it just broke our internet sometimes so we would have to restart our computers if it fully went out and refresh if it temporarily goes out.

      i hope you can fish through this and help me... its a lot and i thank anyone including you for reading this far.

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru
        Mar 05, 2023
        Doomguy3232 wrote:

        well, on the nighthalk ( i will call the modem for the rest of this conversation because thats how we are basicly using it )

        The R6300v2 is not a modem. It is a router, a different animal. A router will not connect to the Internet without modem in front of it.

         


        its connected to a switch which has my modem, router, and server connected to it all. the router is ONLY connected to the switch on the internet port and my home wiring on the second port.

        Any switch has to be in the right place.

         

        The usual order is:

         

        Internet >> modem (not the R6300v2 ) >> router >> switch >> rest of the network

         

        I can't tell what order you have things in.

         


        my modem is running on version NTG9X50C_12.06.39.00.

        That is not Netgear firmware. If it is the "modem" firmware, someone else made it and that confirms that your modem is not the R6300v2.

         

        You also call this "NTG9X50C_12.06.39.00" a "modem". You can't have two modems on your network.

         

        I suspect that your real modem, which is not the R6300v2, is really a modem router, which lands you in "double NAT" territory.

         

        Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.

        This explains some of the other drawbacks.

        What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support

        We can simplify this discussion f you looked at the label in the "NTG9X50C_12.06.39.00" and told us the make and model number.

         

         

    • Doomguy3232's avatar
      Doomguy3232
      Aspirant
      Mar 05, 2023

      though i think it might work, i can no longer get access to my router admin panel and the internet light is orange. i attempted to use static IP to use my PiHole server but it would not work, i still had internet then. then i decided to just use the ISP provided settings and now i have no way to access the panel. the modem panel has all connected devices on the network shown, but without names. the names had shown up earlier.