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Netgear Orbi portforwarding not working
I recently upgraded my router from a very old Netgear N600 WNDR3800 router to a Netgear Orbi rbr50. I had a Minecraft server that I ran on my old router that I'm trying to move to the Orbi. I am tryi...
So turns out the porblem was the modem after all! The modem was very very old, and I don't think it got along with the Orbi very much. I upgraded the modem and now the server is working great! Thank you all for your help!
Maybe a long shot, and only if your server is running on Windows, but when I hooked up my orbi to replace my old routers - even with the same SSID and password so they connected straight back in again - due to the differences in other things at the network level Windows still knew it wasn't exactly the same network.
So it set it up as a new profile, with the same network name, and then defaulted it to a Public network type instead of my usual Private setting.
I configure mostly everything at the Private level to decide on whether firewall should be running or not, which ports are open or not, etc., and Public (given its designed for accessing public hotspots and open wifi connections) is allowed to remain locked down and with things like the firewall enabled.
So a quick check in the Network and Sharing Center of Windows (again, obviously only if using it) to see the network type might be worth it.
tantrum wrote:Maybe a long shot, and only if your server is running on Windows, but when I hooked up my orbi to replace my old routers - even with the same SSID and password so they connected straight back in again - due to the differences in other things at the network level Windows still knew it wasn't exactly the same network.
So it set it up as a new profile, with the same network name, and then defaulted it to a Public network type instead of my usual Private setting.
Yes, if you're trying to port forward to a Windows machine then the new router network will have defaulted to Private and the Windows firewall will block the port.
So if Windows, search for "wifi" and go to Wi-Fi Settings. Click on the current network that it shows as Connected, the next Settings screen presents you a Network Profile toggle between Public and Private. Select Private because it's your home network and ports don't need to be blocked. See attached screenshot.
Reading through the posts again, I find no mention of the Windows Firewall condition. (Or, I missed it. Sorry.)
How about diabling the Windows Firewall entirely and then test. If the port is "open" then, that points to Firewall settings and you can fine tune what they need to be.
So turns out the porblem was the modem after all! The modem was very very old, and I don't think it got along with the Orbi very much. I upgraded the modem and now the server is working great! Thank you all for your help!
