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Suddenly I can not access forwarded public IP:port (web site) using Orbi.
Hi friends here I've been using my Orbi RBR750 since last year, and I've set up a port forwarding to expose a hobby website from my PC (192.168.1.123), so for external users, they visit http://publi...
mikemike2022 wrote:Hi friends here
I've been using my Orbi RBR750 since last year, and I've set up a port forwarding to expose a hobby website from my PC (192.168.1.123), so for external users, they visit http://public_ip -> http://192.168.1.123.
It works well. However, since the last firmware upgrade, I found myself unable to visit https://public_ip under Orbi's wifi.
- If I turn off wifi on my phone, I can still access http://public_ip using the mobile network.
- If I turn on WIFI on my phone, I can only use http://192.168.1.123 to access my site.
Gooid bug report. NAT Loopback, i.e,, also being able to use your public DNS/IP from within your home network, is supposed to work on the Orbi RBR750 series: https://kb.netgear.com/000049578/Which-NETGEAR-routers-support-NAT-loopback?article=000049578.