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Port Forwarding a Netgear r6400v2
Model: r6400v2 Firmware: Latest (1.0.4.106_10.0.80) OS: Windows 10 x64 Hey there. I've been picking away at this issue for a day and it's been pretty tiring. I hope I can find some help here. ...
Qyooothank you very much for your sleuth work and write up. I have one follow-on question:
> ...for some reason the port was forwarding correctly, but my firewall was blocking the request.
Can you offer a micro-tutorial on how to tweak Windows Defender to stop blocking the reqeust? (I'm sure I can figure it out, but you've been down that path...)
Hey!
You're lucky I was checking my email. c:
In order to configure Windows Defender Firewall to accept a custom TCP port, you need to create a custom "inbound rule" for that port.
It's pretty simple, and I'll pass you a link here to the tutorial I used.
I'm on Windows 10 x64 so I'm not sure how this'll apply elsewhere. In the end I had to take down my firewall completely just to confirm that it's working--this will tell you whether or not the firewall is the problem, lol.
Thank you for the pointers!
I set up a test that didn't involve Windows (and Windows Defender) and concluded that the firewall was not the issue. Gory details in:
(P.S.: I've since update my firmware to V1.0.11.116_10.2.100 but for some reason the forum software won't let me reply to my own post.)