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beansontoast
Aspirant
Jun 06, 2022

Orbi Wifi 6 RBK353 - port forwarding turns off after a few days

Hello! I'm on  firmware   V4.4.0.10_2.10.63. I've set up   fairly standard port forwarding. It works when I first set it up, but then after a few days - it stops working. I can go in to the setting...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 06, 2022

Most routers need uPnP disabled if you set a manual PF configuration. Something to try. 

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beansontoast
Aspirant
Jun 06, 2022

Ah, cool. I have really very little idea what uPnP is - so I'll turn that off & see how we go! 🙂 

Thanks!

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    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 06, 2022

    Think of it as a automatic port forwarding configuration tool. Automatically sets up port configurations were needed with out any user intervention.