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norrmanj
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Nov 17, 2020
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Can't manage to port forward with Orbi

I have opened alot of servers before but now i have problems with opening my ports on my orbi router and i don't know what to do about it. When i use my portchecker it just tells me that connection t...
  • antinode's avatar
    Nov 17, 2020

    > Model: RBR50|Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router

     

       Firmware version?  Connected to what?

     

    > Can't manage to port forward with Orbi

     

       "Can't" is not a useful problem description.  It does not say what
    you did.  It does not say what happened when you did it.  As usual,
    showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
    messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
    descriptions or interpretations.

     

       Why, exactly, are you trying to configure port forwarding?

     

    > I have opened alot of servers [...]

     

       "servers"?  With what kind(s) of "servers" are we dealing?

     

    > [...] When i use my portchecker [...]

     

       What, exactly, is your "my portchecker", and what, exactly, did you
    do with it where?

     

    > [...] i have set up a static ip adress [...]


       How?  For what?

     

       Terminology: A "static" address is configured on the device itself.
    What you configure on a (DHCP server on a) router is a reserved dynamic
    address, not a static address.  Are you talking about Address
    Reservations on the Orbi, or actual static addresses configured on the
    device itself, or what?  What, exactly, did you do?

     

    > [...] i have problems with opening my ports [...]

     

       In my experience, people who talk about ports being "open" or
    "closed" often don't understand the problem.

     

       For the usual problems with port forwarding, see:

     

          https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106