Port forwarding D7000 question

[stu_9]

Hi guys,

I am trying to set up VPN on a Synology NAS (hopefully some are aware how to do this.)

I need to open port 1194 on my netgear D7000 router, but seem to be having trouble. I have followed the instructions > advanced > advanced set up > Port forwarding/Port Triggering > add custom service. I then fill in the page with external port range 1194-1194 and internal port range to 1194-1194 and also under server IP address I have put the NAS IP address here. 

Once I go to the yougetsignal.com and put in the remote address and port number of 1194, it still says that the port is closed. 

Does anyone know where I am going wrong here? Very frustrating. 

TIA. 

[antinode]

> [...] D7000 [...]

   D7000[v1] or D7000v2?  Look at the product label.  Firmware version?
Connected to the ISP how?

> [...] (hopefully some are aware how to do this.)

   Not I.

> [...] I have put the NAS IP address here.

   And you've reserved that (dynamic) address for it?

> Once I go to the yougetsignal.com and put in the remote address [...]

   Does your "the remote address" match the address of the WAN/Internet
port of the D7000[vX]?

   Can you connect to that service from a system on your LAN at the LAN
IP address of the NAS box?  If it's not a D7000v2, then that should also
work if you specify the WAN/Internet address of the D7000.

   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, ...