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Ojeii's avatar
Ojeii
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Feb 18, 2022

Setting up port forwarding (3389) for RDP on R7000

Trying to set up port forwarding so I can RDP from my office to my home. I currently have it setup up from home to VPN to my office with port forwarding but I'm not able to set it up properly from my office to my home.

 

(I don't want to set up VPN from office to home because it costs me for the VPN)

 

Won't let me set up external IP in the port forwarding options in the R7000 dashboard. Anyone have an idea how to do this? Can't figure it out.

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    • San2022's avatar
      San2022
      Aspirant
      Feb 28, 2022

      Hi all, 

       

      Last weeks I have been puzzling with port forwarding on a R7000. I hope someone can help me out here. 

       

      Setup:

      Fiber (1 Gbit) connected to Optical Network Terminal (ONT) little white Huawei box. From this box the cable is going directly into the WAN of the R7000. So no ISP modem in between. 

       

      Installation:

      Firmware V1.0.11.134_10.2.119. After that no settings changed except for wireless and VLAN (required bij ISP). See picture. 

       

      Problem: 

      I want to open multiple ports (5000-5001, etc) for my Synology NAS. This is not working. I use NMAP to check out if ports are open. I am able to open the port for external access, but not any ports via the port forwarding menu. All the ports that I try are observed by Zenmap, but have the STATE: filtered. However, turning down the firewall didn't work. 

       

      So, what can I do? 

       

      Personally I have the feeling it has something to do with the fiber/ONT. Couple of weeks ago I switched to fiber from T-mobile. The standard modem experienced the same problem; i.e. port forwarding didn't work, but if I opened the external acces, the open port was shown. 

       

      Hope you can help me out!

       

       

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Feb 28, 2022
        San2022 wrote:

         

         

        Last weeks I have been puzzling with port forwarding on a R7000. I hope someone can help me out here. 

         

        Please do not hijack a conversation about a completely different subject from someone else. It is against the rules and bad manners.

         

        Please start your own discussion.