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sekh

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#204909 22-Oct-2016 15:34
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Howdy folks,

 

I simply cannot get any ports to appear open on something like http://www.canyouseeme.org/.

 

  • My computer ipv4 is 192.168.0.25 as shown in ipconfig /all
  • I set up some forwarded ports to that IP following the guide at https://portforward.com/technicolor/tc7210.dnz/
  • http://www.canyouseeme.org/ then shows none of those ports as open
  • I then turned off windows firewall, defender, turned off wan blocking in the router (not sure if any of these are necessary but did so anyway) - still no ports open
  • Next I set my computer IP as a DMZ Host in the router settings and rebooted - still no ports appear  open
  • Next I called vodafone and they advised that they cannot help with port forwarding and to just google it - it seems there is not much info out there for this router.

So basically none of my ports are open according to http://www.canyouseeme.org/ or similar, and no one at vodafone can help allegedly - does anyone know how I can resolve this?

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!


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Turbine1991
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  #1656632 23-Oct-2016 17:01
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You do realise they're only "open" when there's a program/service listening on that port? I just want to be clear.

 

So for example, if you hosted a webserver on port 80, DMZ'd it. Then it'll say the port is open, and someone else may access it.

 

 

 

 




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  #1656635 23-Oct-2016 17:13
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Is the testing service checking the right IP address? I have had one that was confused with a transparent proxy and was trying to test the IP the proxy used not the one from the forwarded for header.





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  #1656663 23-Oct-2016 18:11
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What happens when you actually try and access the service remotely? Depending on what you're port forwarding to there is no guarantee an open port checking app will be 100% accurate

 

 




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  #1656709 23-Oct-2016 21:08
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Turbine1991:

 

You do realise they're only "open" when there's a program/service listening on that port? I just want to be clear.

 

So for example, if you hosted a webserver on port 80, DMZ'd it. Then it'll say the port is open, and someone else may access it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, no I did not know that. I'm trying to forward ports for a steam game, but I guess I can't test it until I'm in the middle of the game. Thanks for the heads up, hopefully that's the problem. 


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  #1661255 31-Oct-2016 10:16
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From vague memory you might also need to turn the firewall down to Low to allow any traffic through ports that you've set up.


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