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Rico73
Aug 03, 2026Aspirant
BE6500 and Port Forwarding
I am new to the Netgear forums so, please forgive any ignorance on my part. TDS has been sending out notification about installing Fiber optic internet in our neighborhood. My understanding is that...
- Aug 03, 2026
Rico73 wrote:
TDS has been sending out notification
Is this the correct reference:
https://tdstelecom.com/shop/internet-services.html
And, is it correct to assume that the point of the Original Post was whether the Netgear BE6500 will support port forwarding using the TDS Optical Network Terminal (ONT)?
i.e. the extensive discussion about AT&T Internet Air is "off topic"?
Netgear routers support Port Forwarding. Page 164 of the RS200 User Manual describes how to set it up.
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RS200/RS200_RS150_UM_EN.pdf
Rico73 wrote:
Each of these "Scripts" suggest to have at least 5 ports forwarded for sharing purposes.
Netgear Port Forwarding connects each specific port to one specific device on the LAN. (It is not clear to me what the point would be of having five different ports forwarded to the same device on the LAN.) The most common reason for forwarding multiple ports is when providing access to multiple resources. For example, if a security camera accepts connections over port 80 and a person wants to access three separate cameras from the internet using Port Forwarding, he would set up three 'rules':
- External port 1 (how about 81?) to internal device 1 port 80.
- External port 2 (let's use 82) to internal device 2 port 80.
- External port 3 (let's use 83) to internal device 3 port 80.
StephenB
Aug 03, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Rico73 wrote:My current situation is this: I've had AT&T for my ISP for over ten years. I had their Internet 24 (copper wire) plan up until like, 4 months ago when they started adding promotions on my home page there for their Internet Air 300 (relies on cell towers) for just over $10 a month more.
Their Internet Air service uses Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT). That doesn't allow port forwarding. The BE6500 won't help.
You could ask for a public IP address - if they can do that, they would likely charge.
There are a couple of VPN companies that you could use which support port forwarding (most do not). They are not free.