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Port forwarding Technicolour NH20T
I've been trying to open a port to run a server from my computer. From what I understand, it's as simple as going into "WAN Services", clicking show advanced, and adding the port. Unfortunately, the ...
Hi I've been trying to port forward a game server on a new desktop I have but even though it's locally accessible at that port, people externally aren't able to connect. The weird thing is if I move the game server to another desktop I have, and change the destination IP in the firewall rules it works. Does anyone have any ideas what could be the cause?
Hey I've been having similar troubles, did you ever find a fix for this? Here's my post:
https://forum.telus.com/t5/Internet-Home-Phone/Technicolor-NH20T-Port-Forwarding-Issues/td-p/148966
consider looking into a router such as Asus , Tp-Link and other brand of routers would have the port forwarding feature that enables the gaming ports, TCP/UDP ports , the reserved dhcp ip address... automatically
some router brands have a lan port , gaming port.
can you show the windows firewall from your desktop and dhcp settings in your router?
I've uploaded the dhcp settings above.
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I have not set up the dhcp settings on the router, I just assigned the static ip on the pc itself. I'll try that 🙂
yes you would have to either use dhcp reserved ip address setting or use dhcp relay agent layer 2 or 3 setting on your server tower or rack mount from the windows server operating system or router to tal between the server and client pc or desktop.
- Do you have your server set up to get a reserved IP from DHCP in the router?
A router such as asus for example would have the port forwarding feature setting to enable the port enabled for your game on your gaming console or your game on your pc desktop.
