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nelsonurdaneta

Aspirant

Oct 31, 2015

Solved

Port Forwarding to access NVR behind firewall - FVS336G

Hello,

I have the following layout:

Modem (192.168.0.1 on WAN 1 of Firewall)

Firewall FVS336G (Port 1: 192.168.1.1, Port 4: 192.168.21.1

2 VLAN (VLAN 1 on port 1 for office equipment, VLAN 2 on port 4 for NVR, 192.168.21.2)

I'm trying to set up my firewall so I can access the NVR on 192.168.21.2 over the Internet.

I want to go with Port forwarding for convenience reason. I don't want to set up a VPN to access it.

I haven't been able to set this right, I don't know if I'm missing any routing on my modem or port forwarding on firewall.

Any ideas?

nelsonurdaneta
Nov 05, 2015
Hello DaneA,

I solved my issue. Thanks for your reply.
What I did was a port forwarding on the modem and then one on the Firewall.
The first one pointing to the Firewall WAN1 address, and the second one as an inbound rule as you mentioned to the server I wanted to reach.

The port checker tool came very handy.

Thanks,
Nelson.

3 Replies

DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Nov 01, 2015
Hi nelsonurdaneta,

From the network setup described, it seems that the modem you currently have is a combination of modem and router. I recommend that you set your modem to bridge mode in order to have the Public WAN IP Address be registered on the FVS336G.

Are you able to access the internet on the NVR? If yes, then set an Inbound rule to open RDP port 3389 for Remote Desktop Connection for the NVR. To verify if port 3389 is already open, use an online port-checker tool like this link. If it says "online/reachable" then it means that port 3389 is open and you can access the NVR remotely via a remote desktop connection.

Check this article as reference on how to set an Inbound rule on the FVS336G. Welcome to the community! :smileyhappy:

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team
- nelsonurdaneta
  Aspirant
  Nov 05, 2015
  Hello DaneA,
  
  I solved my issue. Thanks for your reply.
  What I did was a port forwarding on the modem and then one on the Firewall.
  The first one pointing to the Firewall WAN1 address, and the second one as an inbound rule as you mentioned to the server I wanted to reach.
  
  The port checker tool came very handy.
  
  Thanks,
  Nelson.
  - DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Nov 09, 2015
    Hi nelsonurdaneta,
    
    I am glad that the issue has been resolved. :smileyhappy: Good thing that the online port-checker tool became a good use for you.
    
    Feel free to post your future concerns here in NETGEAR Community.
    
    Cheers,
    
    DaneA
    
    NETGEAR Community Team