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port forwarding not working HELP!!!
If images are not loading I have attached them in posts below the inital main post!!! Background: I am deploying a simple server that I coded in python which is listening on 192.168.1.2 port 10 whi...
The modem is a modem/router however it is already configured in bridged mode which is why I specified it as a modem.
Attached is an image veryfying this.
I took this out of bridged mode and setup port forwarding on the modem/router and it works.
Took it back out of bridge mode and now my R6400 wont even connect to the internet even though I can hardwire something to the back of the modem (same place the router WAN port is being plugged in) and the plugged in computer can connect to the internet.
Now troubleshooting this issue I have factory reset, power cycled modem and router in diffrent orders, and am losing hope...
Leaning towards just getting a new router at this point, it seems to be having all types of issues.
> The modem is a modem/router however it is already configured in
> bridged mode which is why I specified it as a modem.
>
> Attached is an image veryfying this.
But:
> Attached is the picture when following the other post procedure:
> ADVANCED > ADVANCED Home : Internet Port : Internet IP Address
> It doesnt show my public IP it just says it is getting it from the ISP.
Which picture? If the WAN/Internet IP address of the R6400-as-router
is not your external/public IP address, then there must be some other
router between the R6400-as-router and your ISP. At least one of us is
confused.
> https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106
>
> I'd worry about "1". What's the IP address of the WAN/Internet
> interface on the router? Does it match the "YOUR IP [address]" in the
> picture?
Still unclear.
> I took this out of bridged mode and setup port forwarding on the
> modem/router and it works.
In that case, configuring the R6400 as a WAP might make some sense.