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Grogster

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Posted: 09:24pm 28 Dec 2017

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Hi folks.

I am trying to setup port-forwarding so that I can put a test MicroMite on the Internet for people to test a connection with.

I have found the Port Forwarding page in the router, but it is asking for Local AND Remote IP address and ports.

Local one would be the MicroMite and it's serial-to-network module, but remote could be practically anything, so how do I get past this problem?

Router refuses to allow you to leave the Remote IP etc blank - it spits back a message saying that remote settings cannot be left blank.

Lost.

Can anyone help?

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Grogster

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Posted: 09:44pm 28 Dec 2017

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Nevermind.

I found this with Mr. Google.

I just put in the port I want forwarded, and ignore the remote IP unless you are wanting to specify a SPECIFC machine somewhere. The 'Remote settings cannot be blank!' message I got back was confusing me, as I thought that meant ALL of those settings had to be there....

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TassyJim

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Posted: 09:44pm 28 Dec 2017

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You can try wildcards.
Either 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255
Modems are wonderful at using confusing terminology and every one is different.

For the port numbers, put the same port number in the 'from' and 'to' columns

I think if you use 'any' for the interface, you can test the port forwarding from inside your network. The other choice is probably 'WAN' for the interface. I would leave it at 'any'

Jim

Edit: Mr Google beat me ( and was better).
Edited by TassyJim 2017-12-30

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Grogster

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Posted: 10:11pm 28 Dec 2017

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Thanks for posting Jim, and you are right - this router is different to the last one I had, and so it's GUI and way of thinking is a little different.

C'est La Vie...... sigh

I hope to be able to post some details later and see if people can connect, and Rob - yes, I do mean you too.

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bigmik

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Posted: 03:06am 29 Dec 2017

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GDay Grogs,

Normally you would assign a PORT to the IP address..

For example your Router will have an IP address to the real world could be something like 214.156.123.65 so any thing that accesses that IP from the outside world needs to have a PORT added to go through to to any local IP so if I was to access your setup I would use something like

214.156.123.65:9300

Your router will get this request and look at the port and send the request off to the relevant LOCAL ip address..

So using this example you would need to put 9300 and 9300 as your "port FROM" and "port TOO".

The from and too reflect a RANGE of ports for that IP address Not outgoing/incoming.

I hope that helps a bit..

Regards,

Mick

Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<<

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