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Sylvain10
2 years agoOrganizer
T3200M port Forwarding not working
Hi, I've been trying to apply port forwarding for quite some time for all kinds of needs, but I've never been able to do it successfully. To make a long story short, the only way I can be vis...
- 2 years ago
Omg. Just tested again to put it to "NAT Only" and tested with no succes...
But when I rebooted the router, it worked.
Looks like it was the key. "NAT Only", reboot and it's now working.
At the end of the day, i'm quite sad about the fact that I have to choose between having a firewall and nothing about port forwarding work or port forwarding with no firewall.
Have you any idea about the risk of living the setting as "NAT Only" forever?
Sylvain10
2 years agoOrganizer
Some pictures of my setup. Is there something bad? Do you need more pictures?
https://ibb.co/8NkC5qc
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https://ibb.co/1GFjnd9
FuzzyLogic
Community Power User
2 years agoIn my setup I have the firewall set to NAT Only and the IPV6 Firewall is Stealth Mode Enable and Security Level is medium. I doubt that the IPV6 settings will have any effect as I believe that's the defaults.
- Sylvain102 years agoOrganizer
Omg. Just tested again to put it to "NAT Only" and tested with no succes...
But when I rebooted the router, it worked.
Looks like it was the key. "NAT Only", reboot and it's now working.
At the end of the day, i'm quite sad about the fact that I have to choose between having a firewall and nothing about port forwarding work or port forwarding with no firewall.
Have you any idea about the risk of living the setting as "NAT Only" forever?- FuzzyLogic2 years ago
Community Power User
With the NAT only setting you still have protection. More here:
What is a NAT firewall, How Does it Work and When Do You Need One? (comparitech.com)