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Lonewolf41
Feb 21, 2016Aspirant
Port Forwarding not working on WNR2000
I have a WNR2000v3 router with V1.1.2.12 firmware. I have 2 ports set to port forward, but when I try to access those ports, they are still closed. i have tried canyouseeme.org and tried from exter...
- Apr 13, 2017
ElaineM wrote:Welcome to the community, brdispatch05
Looking at the settings, your router is in Access Point mode.
If a router is in Access Point mode, you will really have limited features.
All features of the router will only be available if it's running in Router mode.
How to reconfigure your router from Access Point mode to default router mode
That fixed it! Thank you so much
ElaineM
Feb 22, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Lonewolf41 Did you factory reset your unit after firmware upgrade? If not, kindly push the reset button for 10 seconds and then reconfigure.
By the way, what ports did you forward?
Lonewolf41
Feb 24, 2016Aspirant
I figured out what is wrong. My provider is using CGN which is preventing me from using port forwarding since they scramble the ports on their end. Thanks.
- ElaineMFeb 24, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Thank you for updating us.
Have a great day!