Lennonism
join:2004-08-04
Sacramento, CA
|  Port Forwarding Issue, Stealthed Ports? [2700HG-B]
Firmware version: 5.29.109.5
I'm wringing my hair out here guys. I'm familiar with port forwarding and I've done it before on an old 2wire (recently fried) with much success. Added user-defined applications and assigned them to my computer, multiple ports. Even had the comp DMZPlus'd but to no avail.
Every time I tried to port forward anything and check on »www.canyouseeme.org, none of my ports actually can be seen. The connection always times out. When user-defined applications are not assigned and when not DMZPlus'd, the connection is refused, so there's a difference between the cases. I believe the ports are just invisible or stealthed.
Even turned off my software firewall. No difference.
Tried to see if it'd be different on a different PC with different software firewall that uses the same modem. Same results.
So any help would be appreciated, because I already searched through the forums and google'd it for the umpteenth time to see if I can find a solution. It seems that a few people have had the same issues with the 2701HG-B before.
Would consulting a tech from my ISP actually help resolve this issue? |
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muiredised
ESSE QUAM VIDERI
join:2007-06-11
Tacoma, WA
| In my experience it is very unlikely that this is an issue with the 2701. In nearly all cases this is attributed to improper configuration. You have to forward the port properly, you have to configure any firewalls on the computer properly, and you have to have the service configured properly.
What service are you running and on what port? Do you actually have the service running and is it available to other nodes on the LAN? Tools such as canyouseeme[dot]org only give useful results if your service is up and running. |
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wayjac
Premium,MVM
join:2001-12-22
Indy
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Lennonism
If you checked the ports using canyouseeme there should be messages in the 2wire event log
192.168.1.254/xslt?PAGE=J17
Look for src=204.16.252.112 that's the canyouseeme web site ip address
If the message ends with
Unknown inbound session stopped
the port forwarding is not set up correctly
If the message ends with
Session Matches User Pinhole, packet passed
the port forwarding is set up correctly but you need to check the server program |
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Lennonism
join:2004-08-04
Sacramento, CA
| reply to Lennonism
Thanks for the input guys. Should've replied earlier but been too busy. I figured it out however, and I think a good number of people might have this sort of problem.
There wasn't a problem with my service. And I did forward my ports correctly through the router's firewall settings. The problem was with the device list and the address allocation settings. Although my computer had access to the internet, and assigned an address (192.168.1.64), the modem never said it was 'connected DHCP.' So I had to go into Home Network > Advance Settings > Address Allocation and manually fixed the correct address assigned to my computer ID.
One of the other computers around also wasn't connected to the node correctly, but the others were fine.
Immediately after I performed the above, voila, my ports were opened. |
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