Port forwarding not working

mikael.roto · Aug 16, 2017

I'm trying to use moonlight (similar to nvidia shield but not important to the question) and it needs to have few ports forwarded but whatever i do the ports are not forwarded. The firewall allows those ports they are properly set up from wlan page.

After all this ill go test it on my device -> not working
After that ill test it with 3rd party port forwarding testing website and it shows that those ports are not forwarded

Ralston18 · Aug 16, 2017

"wlan page" - do you mean the router's admin screens accessed by logging into the router?

Make and Model router? Who has the admin rights to the router?

The router's User Guide/Manual should have the necessary screen instructions and setup procedures.

mikael.roto · Aug 16, 2017

Ralston18 :

Yes I meant the admin page (english is not my first language) and everything in there should be properly set up (I can provide screen cap later).

I have the admin rights and the router is Huawei cpe e5186

Ralston18 · Aug 16, 2017

Two starter links for you:

http://m.huawei.com/lkmobile/consumer/support/manuals/index.htm

Do not know if there is a manual for your language.

Here is another link that may help:

https://portforward.com/huawei/e5186s-22a/

mikael.roto · Aug 16, 2017

Ralston18 :

No worries I understand english fine but some of the words are weird like "router page"

But to the problemos: I have actually set it exactly like shown on the page but when I go to open port checker websites they show that none of those ports are actually open

Ralston18 · Aug 16, 2017

No disagreement with "words are weird". Just adds some challenges for all of us.

For the most part I think you are making progress.

Please remember that the target (Moonlight) computer must have a static IP assigned via your router.

If a "use port x" request comes in the router must know what computer that request should go to.

If the computer is using DHCP (dynamic) IP addressing then the computer's network IP address will change as devices come and go on your network. So the router will not know which computer is the target.

Using your router set up the "Moonlight" computer with a static IP outside of the allocated DHCP IP address range and reserve that static IP via your computer's MAC.

Configure the "Moonlight" computer's network adapter to use that same static IP address.

So when the router receives data the data is addressed to "Port x on IP address Y". The router looks at its information and knows that IP address y is assigned to "Moonlight" computer z and sends the information along via Port x. Moonlight then gets the data and does whatever it needs to do.

But if computer z is using another IP address (dynamic) then the router does not know what to do. Another computer may have the IP address, but its ports have not been opened as it is not set up for Moonlight.

mikael.roto · Aug 17, 2017

Ralston18 :

No disagreement with "words are weird". Just adds some challenges for all of us.

For the most part I think you are making progress.

Please remember that the target (Moonlight) computer must have a static IP assigned via your router.

If a "use port x" request comes in the router must know what computer that request should go to.

If the computer is using DHCP (dynamic) IP addressing then the computer's network IP address will change as devices come and go on your network. So the router will not know which computer is the target.

Using your router set up the "Moonlight" computer with a static IP outside of the allocated DHCP IP address range and reserve that static IP via your computer's MAC.

Configure the "Moonlight" computer's network adapter to use that same static IP address.

So when the router receives data the data is addressed to "Port x on IP address Y". The router looks at its information and knows that IP address y is assigned to "Moonlight" computer z and sends the information along via Port x. Moonlight then gets the data and does whatever it needs to do.

But if computer z is using another IP address (dynamic) then the router does not know what to do. Another computer may have the IP address, but its ports have not been opened as it is not set up for Moonlight.

I have set up the static ip for the host pc (DHCP is no in /ipconfig all) the gates are still not open

Any other errors I could be making?

Ralston18 · Aug 17, 2017

Did you go into your router and establish the static IP for the "host pc" via the host PC's MAC.

Your host PC must be configured to use the applicable static IP. However, the router needs to have the same information.

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