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vartistry
Aug 08, 2018Aspirant
Why Can't I Port Forward to the Same Internal Port on Different Devices?
Like many, I made the mistake of getting an Orbi system. It drops constantly and is unreliable, and I'll need to replace it soon, because it's clearly not ready for primetime. Until that day, I'd lik...
- Aug 21, 2018
Can you try Advance setup -> uPnP and turn uPnP off? Port forwarding to the same port should work after that. uPnP is turn on by default and i don't know why it has anything to do with port forwarding and also the error message is misleading.
st_shaw
Aug 20, 2018Master
No, I haven't tested it yet. I will give it a shot next weekend.
ricky28
Aug 21, 2018Initiate
Can you try Advance setup -> uPnP and turn uPnP off? Port forwarding to the same port should work after that. uPnP is turn on by default and i don't know why it has anything to do with port forwarding and also the error message is misleading.
- FURRYe38Aug 21, 2018Guru - Experienced User
If you do any Port Forwarding configurations, uPnP needs to be disabled.
uPnP does a form of automatic port forwarding for devices and ports. When you set manual PF, it needs to be disabled...
- vartistryAug 24, 2018Aspirant
It was totally UPnP. Many thanks to all who helped track this down.