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Trouble with Port Forwarding
Hi, I have a Nighthawk X6 router, CDE fiber internet service(no modem). I am attempting to open a few ports to remote connect to a few pieces of factory automation equipment I'm testing at my hou...
If your WAN IP address is not a public IP address then you need to call your ISP and help you with this one.
> [...] I am attempting to open a few ports [...]
Not a very detailed description of anything. Can you access one of
these devices from a system on your LAN, using the device's LAN IP
address? Using the router's WAN/Internet IP address? (See: ADVANCED >
ADVANCED Home...)
Is your router's WAN/Internet IP address the same as the public IP
address which you're using?
The usual problems with this stuff are:
1. Wrong external IP address (different from the port-forwarding
router's WAN/Internet IP address). (An intermediate NAT router, for
example, could cause this. Or an ISP using carrier-grade NAT to
conserve IPv4 addresses.)
2. Bad port-forwarding rule (wrong port(s), wrong target address --
including a wandering target).
3. Server not listening on the port-forwarding target system.
4. External influences: ISP blocking, other firewalls, ...