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port forwarding doesnt work with PR60X router and M4300-48X switch
I am unable to get the public IP to forward to an internal IP. I've setup port forwarding many times, but I can't get it working on this equipment. I'm using a PR60X router and a M4300-48X switch. ...
I tested it on my WAN IP. I'm trying to forward my WAN IP to a web server. I've done it dozens of times on dozens of other routers with all kinds of services beyond apache. I cannot forward any public WAN IP ports to any local network ports. It's beyond aggravating to struggle on such a trivial problem with no help from netgear themselves (i contacted them separately). I set the router up, and the internet worked. I didn't configure anything beyond the WAN2 static IP (I cant use the WAN1 because it's not 10G). I then tried port forwarding and it hasn't worked. I then started debugging and created the firewall rule to enable all traffic, tried everything I can think of and nothing works.
I really appreciate the community members who are trying to help. I understand that you're all netgear fans since you're here otherwise you wouldn't be here. So far I think netgear is terrible (sorry).
I'm going to abandon this router and never buy netgear products again. I'm setting up several server racks at multiple offices, and the amount of time wasted on this is unacceptable.
I'm shocked the WAN1 port is only 1G/2.5G and not 10G as well. Netgear was a good "bang for buck" spec sheet, but I see why now. It's unfortunate this office took awhile to get the fiber hooked up, because we bought the unit in December so I cannot even return it. I'll have to ebay it and take the loss.
Hi Caleb,
Sorry that I was not clear that I am NETGEAR employee, I am not posting often on forum so sorry about that.
As you said, the port forward should be as simple as you described. Would you mind enable SDM and let us know SDM port number?
To enable SDM from Insight:
https://kb.netgear.com/000065829/How-do-I-enable-Secure-Diagnostics-Mode-on-my-device-using-Insight
To enable SDM from GUI:
https://ip_of_pr60x/advanced_debugging.html
Slide Enable SDM to right and let us know 5-digit port number.
Since you already made it work before, I am assuming that you are testing port forwarding from outside of PR60X LAN network. Thanks.
From SDM, we can tell if firewall is setup properly, we will also be able to tell why outside can't reach your internal server.
Quick question: when you try to access 192.168.182.100:80 from internal, is it auto redirecting to https? If so, would you please try port forwarding to port 443 instead of 80. Thanks.
Dear op3c ... being much to long around consumer and many small business market much to long: How does the PR60X properly handle the wonderful port 80/TCP port-forwarding example from the RT*M (!!!) without being intercepted by some other smart-a-**** ideas often shamelessly specified by carless product managers?
Needless to say, on a small business class multi WAN NAT router, which should cover virtually any use case, say to operate a https server NAT port forwarded on the industry standard port 443/TCP, or drawing the design a little bit ahead to the VPN implementations covering SSL-VPN -also- using 443/TCP, or for the sake of it the convenient OpenVPN using 1193/UDP without interfering with whatever valid services your customers intend to operate on a NATed port-forwarded say a WireGuard service on port 51820/UDP - without making it impossible to operate such a service on the very same security appliance, similar limitations on IPsec ... this is what a PR60X should be (or become mid term). Isn't all this on the Netgear shareholders plans?
Or can we talk about the complete lack of a proper NAT implementation beyond of the consumer class IPv4 NAT forwarding Netgear does continue to push as the one and only solution on what is supposed to be a fully fledged dual-WAN-router?
Or can we discuss about the (non-existing!) object oriented firewall design? Netgear is decades behind the competition which does have these features in the 4th or 5th iteration already.
Back to specifications, back to in-depth beta testing with this half-baked, unfinished "product" please. Netgear is still stuck in the late 1990ties!
Netgear is one or two decades behind the competition, many years to late.
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