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elloellothere
Nov 02, 2015Aspirant
What am I doing wrong? Opening a port on my wireless router.
Hi! I'm trying to open a port on my router, so my home network can be access externally. What am I doing wrong with the setup? I've done the setups in instructions, but my port is still clo...
- Nov 02, 2015
Welcome to the community, elloellothere
What's the exact model number and version of your router?
Do you have the latest firmware installed on the router?
Did you try factory reset?
When you bypass the router, will this port work?
Just want to make sure that your ISP is not blocking such port.
Looking forward to your response.
ElaineM
Nov 02, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Welcome to the community, elloellothere
What's the exact model number and version of your router?
Do you have the latest firmware installed on the router?
Did you try factory reset?
When you bypass the router, will this port work?
Just want to make sure that your ISP is not blocking such port.
Looking forward to your response.
- elloellothereNov 03, 2015Aspirant
ISP was blocking the port! /thank you :)