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SteelerNights
Jul 10, 2025Tutor
FYI, uPNP Port forwarding has Nat Loopback issues with DDNS... Use manual entering of ports instead
To anyone trying to access devices on your network via DDNS... Using uPNP for automatic port forwarding is resulting in DDNS failure behind the router, although devices can be connected outside ...
SteelerNights
Jul 23, 2025Tutor
That sounds good, but since the link is not connected at all with Netgear, I don't feel good installing anything that doesn't come directly from Netgear servers.
FURRYe38
Jul 23, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Anything that comes from the NG Experts can be trusted. Sometimes they need to use external or public accessble storage so users can access special builds or files. These don't necessarily require using NG specific servers as there maybe security reason not too or Experts can not use NG servers.