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WNDR3700v4 port forwarding
I have this router setup and running just fine. Just wanted some clarification on the port forwarding page. Everything I have forwarded I have setup manually. I have clicked the box next to "Use ...
Silly me. 192.161.x.x is a public IP address. Sorry about that.
Remapping a port should usually work, but I can think of 2 reasons it won't:
- The application is embedding the port number in its data. The port forwarding logic won't be able to change it, so the application will not work. This is unlikely to happen, but nevertheless possible.
- There is a bug in the WNDR3700v4 port forwarding logic.
If you don't want to spend too much more time on this, why don't you change the port used by the camera? For example, set the HTTP port to 2009. Then you can use a straightforward, www.somewhere.com:2009 to forward to 192.168.1.2:2009, rule on the router.
I am using new wave cable as a provider