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Port forwarding with Comcast
I am putting my Comcast XB7 modem/router in to bridge mode and connecting to an Orbi 370 I am doing this to avoid the Comcast router not doing port forwarding even though I set that up in the Xfi...
Typically when the Internet Service Provider device (Comcast XB7) is put into bridge mode, it expects to connect to one device with one hardware MAC address.
This configuration does not appear to be compatible with bridge mode.
Port forwarding is a "one to one" situation. Packets addressed to one specific port on the Public IP address are forwarded to one specific port on one specific IP address on the LAN.
Thus, it is certainly possible to forward ports 22 and 23 through the router to the same computer
The articles that come up on the internet about forwarding ports through the XB7 mention disabling Advanced Security. Perhaps that is why it is not working?