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Nofearman
Oct 12, 2023Aspirant
Xr500 e Vodafone FWA problema NAT
Buongiorno a tutti, ho una connessione Vodafone FWA, in pratica c'è il modem sul tetto collegato alla porta WAN della Vodafone Station e fin li tutto bene, il NAT utilizzando i vari port forwardi...
Nofearman
Oct 12, 2023Aspirant
hi all,
I have a Vodafone FWA connection, in practice there is the modem on the roof connected to the WAN port of the Vodafone Station and so far all right, the NAT using the various port forwarding is always open.
the problem arises when I try to replace the Vodafone Station with my XR500, I state that the modem on the roof is in Bridge mode and I have no ability to change settings due to restrictions on firmware, and I deduce that the problem is not that because the Station works normally.
what happens is that the XR500 unlike the vodafone station, does not correctly detect the WAN IP and takes one of the many ip that is given by the modem on the roof, to navigate no problem, but for gaming and ptp are practically prehistoric with Nat closed. I don't know if that's the problem but it's the only significant difference I've detected.
I tried in vain to manually open all the ports I need but nothing, I tried to change every type of connection side XR but always without results.
I know that probably connecting it in cascade to the station I would have no problems but it shocks me having to have two routers turned on having a product theoretically of higher category.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Netduma-Fraser
Oct 12, 2023NetDuma Partner
Set NAT to Open in WAN Settings and see if that helps at all. Otherwise you may need to reconnect the station, then connect the XR to that and put the XR WAN IP in the station DMZ to get an open NAT. They may require the station to be connected, hence the strict NAT otherwise.