Configuration changes aren't supported on the latest hub models.
Configuration changes aren't supported on the latest hub models.
Hello, I understand your situation with Sky's upgraded internet package. They gave you a new router to handle the higher speeds. Before, port forwarding was working well—I could open ports and host games for friends. Now the new router has a completely different layout, which makes it hard to use. I've followed the setup steps carefully and attached some files for more details. The issue is that my current router doesn't recognize the ports, even after disabling the firewall and configuring static IPs. I'm also trying to add services with specific ports and protocols, but the tests didn't work. I suspect the main change is the use of IPv6, which might interfere with IPv4. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.
Appears fine, though you probably won’t need any external services since connections outside the LAN handle everything automatically. It’s unclear how this functions on the router—typically you set identical ports for WAN and LAN in a port forward configuration. The terminology seems mixed up; from what I found online, it likely refers to WAN clients rather than servers. Could be the guide is using incorrect language. To confirm, does the device display your WAN IP address anywhere? The initial digits usually indicate the network segment. I haven’t heard of Sky employing CG-NAT, but it’s worth verifying if it provides a genuine public WAN IP.
Ah cool, you're right. Deleted the outbound one. For the port forward, I can't change the WAN port. No mention of WAN IP address, but it does specify an IPv4 address which is reflected by what's my ip. It's worth noting that when typing "What's my ip" into Google, it gives me an IPv6 address, is that a problem? First two numbers are 94.0 After a quick google, I should hope that it's not using CG-NAT but rural sky customers have complained about having it. If that were the case how would I begin checking that? I used an external website to ping my IP and worked just fine. (not the port though) EDIT: Alright.. adding to the pot, opening port 25565 and running a Minecraft server can be seen by canyouseeme. I suppose that's hope that it will work but on the other hand what's the issue with 24554
The solution is simple and obvious. The port checker wasn’t functioning, so I tried three different ones, but they all seem to look for some header file to confirm the port is open—especially for game servers and new games. Since these often don’t have that header, they fail the check. It’s better to test the connection with another device instead, which is more reliable.
Certainly, a reliable port checker allows you to define the ports you want to inspect. By default, they scan standard ports or even all ports below 1024. Their main aim is to target common attack paths rather than ports you deliberately expose. I wish I had considered confirming whether the port in question was indeed being scanned initially.
I checked the target port, which only complicates things for the sites. I’m not sure why it didn’t work for my game server but it did fine for Minecraft—probably because of a different response they expected. It’s odd! I’m curious about how these platforms determine if a port is open.