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Port Forwarding on Telus WiFi Hub
Howdy,
I just got a response from Telus Tech support regarding Port Forwarding:
From chats with network team and colleagues there is nothing from Telus’s end blocking the ports you are looking to use. Unfortunately as port forwarding is unsupported by Tech Support I am unable to assist you in configuring your router and port forwarding rules to achieve your goals
As a recent jumper from Shaw to Telus, this was a sad reply... as I didnt have this issue with Shaw 😞
With my Shaw account, I didnt have any problems with this .... *sigh* thats not gonna solve my problem with Telus tho..
Anyone know how to get port forwarding working? I cant 'Remote Desktop/VNC' to my home machine from work... which right now isnt a big issue since Im not at work often... but someday I hope to be able to work from both locations seamlessly.
IMHO, this work paradigm will be the 'new normal' for a lot of people ... and its unfortunate that "port forwarding is unsupported by Tech Support".
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- FuzzyLogic
Community Power User
I use port forwarding on the T3200M to make my NAS accessible from the Internet. I haven't had any issues. The settings can be found under Firewall on the T3200M.
You will likely need to assign a static IP address to your computer to get this working. This can be found under Advanced Setup>DHCP Reservation.
Ive configured port forwarding on the many iterations of cable modems from Shaw... this is pretty much same thing... and yes, I did find the 'Port Forwarding' settings 😉
... unless its not the same thing... and there is something 'special' that needs to be set... or its being blocked in the firmware of the Telus WiFi Hub... or the ports are blocked because its a residential plan 🤔
Whatever the case is... its not working for me using any permutation of the settings given through the UI of the Hub.
My last recourse is to just remove the WiFi Hub from my setup and just run the ethernet cable from the model directly into my router.
I heard it was different with fibre, but with DSL (at least, my DSL connection), Telus does some weird thing with my IP(s).
The Actiontec gateway has a WAN IP of 100.xxx.xxx.xxx, but if Igo to WhatsMyIP, it is reported as 209.xxx.xxx.xxx.
I have my own router connected via Bridge Mode, and it is the same: 100.xxx.xxx.xxx, but reported as 209.xxx.xxx.xxx.
I guess a workaround is if you get some Dynamic DNS service to point to your WAN IP, but it won't work for some things.
- Nighthawk
What port numbers are you trying to forward? There are some that are blocked on residential accounts from accepting incoming traffic.
My existing config was to open ports so that I can
-reach my NASs ... which are any ports really.
-Apple Remote Desktop/VNC: 3283 and 5900
-some services provided by my NASs ... which are also completely anything at all possible
Ive tried setting the firewall settings to 'low' and using these known ports to try to port forward to my services... didnt work.
Ive tried turning off the Telus Wifi Hub Firewall, disabling the intrusion detection... nope, still unreachable.
If I port scan my IP, I get:
Open TCP Port: 53 domain
Open TCP Port: 7547 cwmpOpen TCP Port: 10053
Open TCP Port: 55661
Open TCP Port: 58849
