I can't port forward, my ports won't open

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CaptainZyber

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First of all let me explain that I spend all day today trying to find out why I can't port forward and I haven't found an answer.
I've literally tried everything, I've been to serval threads here to try and find the answer but nothing helped, I've been to plenty of other websites but no one has the answer for my problem, so I guess it's time to make a thread about it.

I've been able to narrow it down to what I think might be the problem but I have no idea how to fix it, I tried googling it but that comes up with useless "tutorials"
Here's the thing, on my routers page it tells me that my IP is *3*.7*.*.1*8
But when I google "What's my IP" it tells me this *9*.3*.8*.1*8
Anyone got a solution? Thanks

(Sort of silly way to demonstrate, I've hidden the IP as much as possible and added two or three unrelated numbers--- POINT IS: They're diffrerent)
 
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If your Router is at 192.168.1.1 then your computer should have an address something like 192.168.1.X. This is your private address. When you log into your router it tells you its public address; this should match the address that google reports.
You might try running the command "tracert google.com". That will show all of the steps that info from your computer takes to get to google.com. You can google info on the IPs listed. The first few should be your router followed by some that belong to your ISP. The last few should belong to Google. If there is a VPN or Proxy, it should show up in the list.
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CaptainZyber

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It's on a personal computer on a personal network and I don't have a VPN, which is why this is confusing me
 
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do you have a modem and router or all in one unit. they could be different if that's the case. (the modem and router will have different ip)

then again looking at how you typed the info it looks like you could be looking that "***.72.8.108" is your actual computer(device your physically using)

your modems ip is ***.37.86.108 though (how the internet sees your home)

so you have

the WWW <> your modem ***.37.86.108<> a router (if not part of modem will have an ip address here)<>your pc ***.72.8.108

now to ask why do you need port forwarding???
 
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CaptainZyber

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What can I do with this information exactly? I have a net:link1005 unit (My modem?) under my table that connects all LAN cables in the house and sends them in one cable over to my router if that info helps.

I need to be able to port forward again because I used to be able to portforward and I hosted quite a lot of different servers on my PC, I would like to be able to host them again so I can hang out with my friends on TS3 and play Arma and other online games with them
 
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maxwellmelon

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your getting your terms mixed up

"I have a net:link1005 unit" that is your router.

"one cable over to my router if that info helps" that is not your router that is the modem. unless you have a third box that you haven't mentioned yet that it connects to.

so your network is setup like

the WWW <> your modem ***.37.86.108<> link1005 (not sure what the ip is but it has one)<>your pc ***.72.8.108

so even if your configuring the link1005 your modem could still be blocking that port.
 
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You should have an internal IP address assigned to your machine assuming you are using DHCP. You can open a Command window and type "ipconfig" to see your IP4 address or "ipconfig /all" to see your router IP, DNS IP and your machine IP. It doesn't look like your netlink 1005 is a managed switch so it shouldn't have an IP address.

You can try an "ipconfig /release" and then do an "ipconfig /renew" to see what happens but if your router can see your internal IP address, use your routers page to assign the port forwarding to your internal IP address.

You wouldn't need port forwarding if you were sitting outside your router with an external IP address OR on the DMZ Host port of the router.

The net:link 1005 switch is just a switch. It should be connected to a router/modem somewhere.

whatismyip will only give you your router IP address(external IP address), it doesn't have access to your DHCP server running on your router so it doesn't know your internal IP address, hence port forwarding.
 
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Could be-yes theoretically, but it would be VERY unusual for a home setup. Most ISPs only hand out a single IP address per subscriber. All devices then connect over NAT and receive local private addresses via DHCP.

Your router will say the IP it receives from your ISP. Google should indicate the IP your search request was received from. If you look at your network adapter status, it should list your local private IP--probably 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x or 172.x.x.x. I don't think I've ever heard of a basic home network being set up differently.

You definitely need to figure out the IP discrepancy before you move on to opening up ports. If your computer does have a different public IP than your router, you have some serious issues. It would mean that you aren't using Network Address Translation (NAT) and port forwarding would be irrelevant. It's not impossible for a home router to act as a firewall for multiple IP addresses, but it's very unusual and would probably require more configuration than is available through the basic user interface.
If your computer really does have a different IP than your modem/router then you should be able to see it in your network adapter status details. You can also open a command prompt (on windows) and type "ipconfig".

I think it's much more likely that you are using a VPN or Proxy server and just don't know it. If you have any sort of filtering software or perhaps some sort of internet threat detection software, this could be the culprit.
 
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CaptainZyber

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Back when I was able to portforward without any problems I just went on to 192.168.1.1 and portforwareded there and it all worked out with no problems
I just tried the "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" and restarted but the IPs are still different
I thought that 192.168.1.1 was my routers page, if it's not then how do I find my routers page? (I have a netgear router and 192.168.1.1 leads me to a netgear page)


I guess this might be possible just weird, what sort of programs might cause this? I have AVG and windows firewall on, but I've tried disabling both and then checking the ports but it still didn't work.
I guess I'll try running some virus scan?
 
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If your Router is at 192.168.1.1 then your computer should have an address something like 192.168.1.X. This is your private address. When you log into your router it tells you its public address; this should match the address that google reports.
You might try running the command "tracert google.com". That will show all of the steps that info from your computer takes to get to google.com. You can google info on the IPs listed. The first few should be your router followed by some that belong to your ISP. The last few should belong to Google. If there is a VPN or Proxy, it should show up in the list.
 
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