[Fixed/Resolved] Port Fowarding Issue

[freexavier]

I have successfully port forward before with different router, and it worked perfectly.

Now I have different router, that is different from the older one I used. And I already have port forwarded properly, being 2302, I think...

And when I used PFPortChecker (a locally installed program), it says that my port, 2302, is open, but when use http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/, it says that the port is closed. My guess is that my router is blocking the outside world from connecting from connecting to my PC. I've been trying to get my friends to connect to my ArmA 3 server that I hosted in my PC. It's the same for any other game.

 

My router is called 'Prolink H5004N', and here is a guide that I followed, but doesn't still work: http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Prolink/H5004N/Arma_3.htm

 

Anything that I might have missed that is giving the issue?

 

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Also, I'm not that too familiar with port forwarding, I only knew a little enough to get a server up and running.

 

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Also, I can't seem to find the firewall configurations.

 

Edit:

Issue is resolved and fixed!

[HPWebcamAble]

Can you post a screenshot of your router's interface where it shows the port forwarding rule for port 2302?

[freexavier]

13 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Can you post a screenshot of your router's interface where it shows the port forwarding rule for port 2302?

Here it is: http://imgur.com/JEeMkYb

[HPWebcamAble]

Looks like you have three rules in your table but they are all disabled

[0x1e]

18 hours ago, freexavier said:

Here it is: http://imgur.com/JEeMkYb

Looks like you have them forwarded but you have them disabled. Click the enable button.

[freexavier]

7 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Looks like you have three rules in your table but they are all disabled

 

7 hours ago, 0x1e said:

Looks like you have them forwarded but you have them disabled. Click the enable button.

 

I actually tried to port forward, but they didn't work. So I had them disabled to avoid any issues, since they didn't work anyways.

[HPWebcamAble]

Make sure your PC is actually IP 192.168.1.103

[zMeul]

put your PC's IP on the DMZ list and make sure DMZ service on the router is running - this is not ideal since all external request will be forwarded to that particular PC unless they are additional rules set

[freexavier]

9 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Make sure your PC is actually IP 192.168.1.103

It is

8 hours ago, zMeul said:

put your PC's IP on the DMZ list and make sure DMZ service on the router is running - this is not ideal since all external request will be forwarded to that particular PC unless they are additional rules set

Will try that.

[0x1e]

2 hours ago, freexavier said:

It is

Will try that.

Turning on DMZ means the router / modem will give you no protection from the outside world.

It's a risky move. One I wouldn't take.

[freexavier]

11 hours ago, zMeul said:

put your PC's IP on the DMZ list and make sure DMZ service on the router is running - this is not ideal since all external request will be forwarded to that particular PC unless they are additional rules set

Looks like it worked! I was able to let a friend join a server that I hosted. This was just the missing piece.

42 minutes ago, 0x1e said:

Turning on DMZ means the router / modem will give you no protection from the outside world.

It's a risky move. One I wouldn't take.

What do you mean risky? How does that work?

[freexavier]

22 hours ago, 0x1e said:

Turning on DMZ means the router / modem will give you no protection from the outside world.

It's a risky move. One I wouldn't take.

I did some research and I can see why it's not safe. So I will only enable DMZ when I host a server for friends to play and not 24/7. Thanks for giving a heads up!

[HPWebcamAble]

According to this page, you need to port forward more than just a single port for that game. You should be able to figure out which ones based on the replies there