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OmegaStrife
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Nov 11, 2024
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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...
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    OmegaStrife
    Nov 22, 2024

    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.

  • OmegaStrife's avatar
    OmegaStrife
    Aspirant
    Nov 22, 2024

    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.