Johnny Utah Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I have just watched the Spaceinvaderone video on My Servers. I am stuck at the port forwarding portion however. I have the same issue with Plex so not sure if my ISP is blocking this ability or what? Basically no matter what I choose as an external port it will not successfully allow my to connect to it. Are there some steps to go through to see if the block is on my ISP's end before I call it quits? Quote Link to comment
MarcosNajera Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) Do you have a cable modem? Or is it a combination modem/router? If you have a combo modem then you must also forward the ports on your moden/router. Edited April 18, 2021 by MarcosNajera Quote Link to comment
Johnny Utah Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, MarcosNajera said: Do you have a cable modem? Or is it a combination modem/router? If you have a combo modem then you must also forward the ports on your moden/router. I just have local DSL service. The modem is separate from the router. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 But does the modem have a built-in router? You will either have to put the modem into bridge mode and reconfigure the router slightly (but many ISPs now explicitly don't allow this on their modems without paying for a business account), or put your router into the modem's DMZ) Quote Link to comment
Johnny Utah Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Squid said: But does the modem have a built-in router? You will either have to put the modem into bridge mode and reconfigure the router slightly (but many ISPs now explicitly don't allow this on their modems without paying for a business account), or put your router into the modem's DMZ) The modem is stand alone. Not sure how to get into the modem settings or if it is even possible? It looks very bare bones with just the phone line coming in and an Ethernet cable coming out. I have a Netgear Nighthawk router separate from it which I set up the port forwarding rule on with no luck. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Johnny Utah said: I have a Netgear Nighthawk router separate Is the WAN IP listed in that router a public IP or a Private? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network Quote Link to comment
Johnny Utah Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, jonathanm said: Is the WAN IP listed in that router a public IP or a Private? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network I've been looking all over my Router settings and read that wiki you linked and I am sorry but I can not figure out how to tell which it is one way or the other. Is there anything I should look for that would tell me either way? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 If the WAN IP is on the list of private IP's, (192.168.X.X or similar as mentioned in the wiki) then it's private. If it's not, then it's public. Quote Link to comment
Johnny Utah Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, jonathanm said: If the WAN IP is on the list of private IP's, (192.168.X.X or similar as mentioned in the wiki) then it's private. If it's not, then it's public. My WAN I believe is in this format 10.36.xx.xxx. That would be public then correct? When I do a Whats My IP though it shows a 206.83..xx.x format though. Edited April 19, 2021 by Johnny Utah Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Johnny Utah said: My WAN I believe is in this format 10.36.xx.xxx. That would be public then correct? No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#Private_IPv4_addresses The very first line in that section means that if the address starts with 10.X it's private. You need to 14 hours ago, Squid said: You will either have to put the modem into bridge mode and reconfigure the router slightly (but many ISPs now explicitly don't allow this on their modems without paying for a business account), or put your router into the modem's DMZ) Either search the model number of the modem and find directions on how to accomplish this, or call your ISP tech support and get them to walk you through it. Quote Link to comment
Johnny Utah Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 19 hours ago, jonathanm said: No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#Private_IPv4_addresses The very first line in that section means that if the address starts with 10.X it's private. You need to Either search the model number of the modem and find directions on how to accomplish this, or call your ISP tech support and get them to walk you through it. Solved: A quick call to my ISP and they confirmed I had a private IP. They kindly assigned me a public one and I am good to go! Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Johnny Utah said: Solved: A quick call to my ISP and they confirmed I had a private IP. They kindly assigned me a public one and I am good to go! 👍 Quote Link to comment
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