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danieljgor
Aspirant
Jun 08, 2016
Solved

Netgear FVS318G 8 port wired router PORT FORWARDING NIGHTMARE

 

Hi Guys,

 

Hope you can help me with my Port forwarding issue.

 

I have a Netgear FVS318G 8 port wired router with Firmware Version 3.1.1-18 (latest)  

 

I have spent hours in trying to setup multiple IP cameras with no success.   I am able to get 1 camera working by:   In Security / Services / Firewall utilising the default HTTP which defaults to port 80  

 

Index

Service Name

Filter

LAN Server IP Address

LAN Users

WAN Users

Destination

Bandwidth Profile

Log

Action

  

1

HTTP

Allow Always

192.168.1.13

 

ANY

WAN1

NONE

Neve

 

  IF in Security / Services / Firewall I setup a custom table (below)

Custom Services Table

help

 

 

#

Name

Type

Start Port

Finish Port

Priority

 

71

IP CAMERA 1

TCP

8078

8078

Normal-Service

 

72

IP CAMERA 2

TCP

8077

8077

Normal-Service

 

Then In Security / Services / Firewall Set it up as per below

 

 

!

Index

Service Name

Filter

LAN Server IP Address

LAN Users

WAN Users

Destination

Bandwidth Profile

Log

Action

  

2

IP CAMERA 1

Allow Always

192.168.1.13

 

ANY

WAN1

NONE

Never

  

3

IP CAMERA 2

Allow Always

192.168.1.45

 

ANY

WAN1

NONE

Never

 

 

Then when I type into Explorer or Chrome

 

http:// XXX.XXX.91.176/  Camera 1 opens

http:// XXX.XXX.91.176:8078  I get a Error message site can’t be reached.

http:// XXX.XXX.91.176:8077 I get a Error message site can’t be reached.

 

I have restarted router after setting up above..

 

 

Please help!!!!

 

Thanks

Daniel

Troubleshooting
  • JohnRo's avatar
    JohnRo
    Jun 16, 2016

    Hi danieljgor,

     

    We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if the information we provided has helped resolve your issue or if you need further assistance.
    If your issue is now resolved we encourage you to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accepted Solution” so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution. The Netgear community looks forward to hearing from you and being a helpful resource in the future!

     

    Thanks,

     

7 Replies

  • JohnRo's avatar
    JohnRo
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jun 08, 2016

    Hello danieljgor, 

     

    Welcome to the community! 

     

    My opinion on this is unless the ports 8078 and 8077 are defined on the camera(s) this is not going to work. I am thinking all if the three cameras are using port 80 for web access. My suggestion is to use "Translate to port number", edit the rules you have created for camera 2 and 3. See image reference below: 

     

     

    Let us know if this helps. 

     

    Thanks, 

  • danieljgor's avatar
    danieljgor
    Aspirant
    Jun 08, 2016
    Thank you for your response.

    When pinging the port they are closed even after rules are setup in router.

    Only port open is port 80 when setup as http

    Thoughts??

    Thanks
    Daniel
    • JohnRo's avatar
      JohnRo
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Jun 09, 2016

      Hi Daniel, 

       

      Can you PM e a screenshot of your Inbound Rules? Did you try my suggestion to use Translate to port number? 

       

      Thanks, 

      • danieljgor's avatar
        danieljgor
        Aspirant
        Jun 11, 2016

        Hi Guy's,

         

        Sorry about the delay.

         

        It does work when translating all ports to port 80.

         

        What issue can this cause?

         

        Odd that you can simply open ports!

         

        Thanks

        Daniel

         

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