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RAXE300 Not Port Forwarding Correctly?
So I used to have a RAX80 which would forward ports completely fine, but I upgraded to the RAXE300 (Netgear Nighthawk) and it does not appear to be forwarding ports as I am intending. I tried as many things as possible to get it to work, but maybe y’all will have some advice. I have an AT&T Modem which is set to passthrough mode and the Nighthawk router with all of the correct ports forwarded to my computer’s local IP. The PLEX server on 32400 works fine and the port is open per canyouseeme.org, but I can’t get the ports to appear open for my local TeamSpeak 3 server which is what I’ve been using for years now. Any suggestions? I tried turning off uPnP, turning off NAT on the Netgear, using that IP address under DMZ, but nothing seems to be able to open it.
Yes, apologies. It turned out it was a very confusing issue with Windows Firewall. I had allowed permissions for the program, for ports, and various other settings but it never resolved until I just turned it into accepting all ports. I believe the router was working as intended the whole time. However, the issue occurred when I replaced the Nighthawk router that I had, so I have no idea why Windows Firewall started interrupting the process when I hadn't changed any settings. Mystery solved, I guess. I tore my hair out over this for about 4-5 days.
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I would first try removing all the port forwarding but the 9987 and 30033 are the 2 ports that are required for Teamspeak and see if that works. You may also want to run the server as Admin when you boot it up on whatever device you use it.
Thanks
Darren
Any progress on this?
Yes, apologies. It turned out it was a very confusing issue with Windows Firewall. I had allowed permissions for the program, for ports, and various other settings but it never resolved until I just turned it into accepting all ports. I believe the router was working as intended the whole time. However, the issue occurred when I replaced the Nighthawk router that I had, so I have no idea why Windows Firewall started interrupting the process when I hadn't changed any settings. Mystery solved, I guess. I tore my hair out over this for about 4-5 days.
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
