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Orbi RBK850 & synology NAS - Cant connect to WebDav server from outside the home network
I recently upgraded my wifi to the Orbi RBK850 system. I previously had an apple Airport Extreme. I have a Synology NAS connected via Cat6 directly to the Router. Since changing routers, I can n...
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HelpMeBrah wrote:I have the ports forwarded correctly and can see that they are open when checking using a service like https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/.
Is the "Your external address" the same when you use the Apple Extreme vs. the Orbi? I guess that it should be different because they'll each fetch a different dynamic address from your internet provider.
Next ping your webdav DDNS name. Make sure that it's IP address matches the "Your external address" when the Orbi is connected. If it does not, then that is the problem - How is it updated? Does something run periodically on the Synology device to keep it updated on the Synology DDNS service?
If the DDNS IP address does match "Your external address", what do you mean by "I can no longer connect to the WebDav server from outside the home network."? Are you accessing some website or are you running some tool on a computer?
Well, for no reason, its all working suddenly today. It makes zero sense, I changed nothing, but its working. I dont understand but whatever.
The only thing I have done throughout this process was make a static IP for my NAS and did the port forwarding from within the Orbi Advanced settings about 1000 times. Im not sure when or why it finally "stuck" but it finally did....
Thank you everyone for your replies.