Opening ports RBR40

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I have a RBR40.&nbsp;I just need to open 1 port.&nbsp; No matter how hard I try...nope.I have followed every guide.&nbsp; Go to advanced settings, list the number and the device.Unblock in Windows firewall, update firmware.I only have a modem and a router.&nbsp; The modem is not a router.Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?&nbsp;I now have more gray hair than when I started.

antinode · Answer

&gt; I just need to open 1 port. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Which?&nbsp; Why?&nbsp;&gt; [...] No matter how hard I try...nope. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; None of that is a useful problem description.&nbsp; It does not say whatyou did.&nbsp; It does not say what happened when you did it.&nbsp; As usual,showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (errormessages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vaguedescriptions or interpretations.&nbsp;&gt; [...] I have followed every guide. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "every'?&nbsp; Thanks for the helpful links.&nbsp;&gt; Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Someone who knew what you were doing might have some kind of chance.So far, that excludes me.&nbsp;&nbsp; In my experience, people who talk about ports being "open" or"closed" often don't understand the problem.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the usual problems with port forwarding, see:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106

jj77669 · Answer

&nbsp;Which?&nbsp; Why?1194 for OpenVPN&nbsp;Filled in port forwarding according to Netgear's instructions.Also followed guide from NoIP...same result.Used a port checker to test the port...still closed.&nbsp;I have done this before using a Linksys router, with no issues.

antinode · Answer

&gt; 1194 for OpenVPN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Where is this OpenVPN running?&nbsp; How did you intend to connect to it?From where?&nbsp;&gt; Filled in port forwarding according to Netgear's instructions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And if someone with my weak psychic powers could guess which of"Netgear's instructions" you were reading, and what you actually didwith them, then that (non-)description might have some actual value.&nbsp;&gt; Also followed guide from NoIP...same result.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks for the helpful link.&nbsp; Now you've followed two differentguides, both invisible.&nbsp; You could just post blank messages, and I'dlearn as much.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; See "As usual, [...]", above.&nbsp; Which part of "actual" was unclear?&nbsp;&gt; I have done this before using a Linksys router, with no issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Swell.&nbsp; I can't see what you did then, either.&gt; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I see no answers to any of the questions there.&nbsp; My time is much morevaluable to me than it seems to be to you.

jj77669 · Answer

Is there any reason you have for being such an **bleep**?The whole point in asking a question here, is that I am asking for help, not critisism.If I acted the way you are in reply, I would be fired from my job.&nbsp; Although I suppose you're just being rude for free.If you are aggravated or annoyed at how I am replying, then don't "help" me like you haven't been doing.I expect to get help from a community, not what I am getting from you.&nbsp;And btw, I didn't specfically ask for your help, you decided to reply.&nbsp; You are offering your "time".&nbsp; Don't **bleep** about being charitable.

antinode · Answer

&gt; Is there any reason you have for being such an **bleep**?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there any reason you can't answer basic questions about whatyou're doing, and what happens when you do it?&nbsp;&gt; The whole point in asking a question here, is that I am asking for&gt; help, not critisism.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It's often impossible to solve a problem without a useful descriptionof that problem.&nbsp; Constructive criticism explains what's wrong with your(useless) problem description.&nbsp; (Your spelling's not great, either.)&nbsp;&gt; [...] Although I suppose you're just being rude for free.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rude?&nbsp; Who's wasting whose time with obviously poor non-information?&nbsp;&gt; I expect to get help from a community, not what I am getting from you.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you "expect to get help" without answering basic questions, thenyou might benefit from the results of a Web search for:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "life is like a sewer"&nbsp;&gt; And btw, I didn't specfically ask for your help, you decided to reply.&gt; [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; True.

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Opening ports RBR40

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