Can't get port forward to work

[mc866]

I had issues on my Pfsense 2.0 release box so I switched over to an Asus Rt-N66 and I still can't seem to get a port to open per canyouseeme.org

Any ideas? And yes I've read up over at port forward I just can't seem to figure out why it's happening on 2 different routers.

 

[seepy83]

What port are you trying to open? If it's something like 80 or 25 on a standard home/residential (not commercial) connection, then your ISP may be blocking it.

 

[mc866]

3074 for example which I'm told is for Xbox live. I realize ISP blocks 80,443 etc

 

[ch33zw1z]

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/connecting/network-ports-used-xbox-live

- Can you post a screen shot of the forwarded port from the router?

 

[mc866]

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/connecting/network-ports-used-xbox-live

- Can you post a screen shot of the forwarded port from the router?

I can but it may take some work and I need to head to bed right now.

I just checked ismyportblocked and it shows my xbox live ports open while when I test using yougetsignal and canyouseeme I'm told they are closed?????

I'm puzzled on this now........

 

[John Connor]

I just tried those services you listed and I have a Teamspeak server and a SSH server. ismyportblocked is showing all my ports are open which it's not. yougetsignal and canyouseeme works. It is more than likely the ISP blocking the port.

 

[John Connor]

On my Teamspeak server that uses port 9987 it is showing blocked, but I created a VPN to Europe and successfully connected to the Teamspeak server. I don't know how that is when the port is blocked from the results of yougetsignal and canyouseeme.

Try this. https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

 

[John Connor]

I don't know if you have Comcast or not, but they suck! Lately they have been changing things and I noticed that even with the computer put in the DMZ and the firewall shut down all ports are stealthed. I just changed my teamspeak server port from 9987 to 18000 and it still won't show up as open.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I can but it may take some work and I need to head to bed right now.

I just checked ismyportblocked and it shows my xbox live ports open while when I test using yougetsignal and canyouseeme I'm told they are closed?????

I'm puzzled on this now........

Does the Xbox report the NAT type as open or moderate

 

[mc866]

Yes Comcast is my ISP.

When I checked on live yesterday it said my NAT was strict.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Yes Comcast is my ISP.

When I checked on live yesterday it said my NAT was strict.

I'm on Comcast. setup:

Motorola SB6120
Linksys E3000, running Tomato-USB

I don't forward any ports, UPnP enabled, Xbox shows NAT Open.

Do you have UPnP enabled?

 

[mc866]

So I allowed the Xbox to go DHCP this morning, I had it on a static IP, and I did some tests and got an open NAT now.


Is it possible that Comcast blocks the Web based port scans but when I do port forward the ports are indeed open?

 

[John Connor]

Is it possible that Comcast blocks the Web based port scans but when I do port forward the ports are indeed open?

That's what I'm thinking. I did a port scan and got a closed port on one port, but the others are open. I connected to a VPN in Europe and opened Teamspeak and I was still able to connect to my server using my host name for my IP address.

 

[mc866]

Bah!!! I'm a complete idiot!

It's my Norton Internet Security that is the issue. The auto setting for the firewall is to stealth/block ALL ports. Grrrr should have thought of this earlier but I thought I disabled the firewall when I did my tests a few days ago.

Now I have to figure out if I can batch add the ports to white list otherwise I have double duty to do with adding to both my router and Norton.

 

[alkemyst]

Bah!!! I'm a complete idiot!

It's my Norton Internet Security that is the issue. The auto setting for the firewall is to stealth/block ALL ports. Grrrr should have thought of this earlier but I thought I disabled the firewall when I did my tests a few days ago.

Now I have to figure out if I can batch add the ports to white list otherwise I have double duty to do with adding to both my router and Norton.

I was going to post you must have a firewall running.

I don't like Norton. I do like MSE and the like MS offers. It's not going to step on my toes unless I want it too.

There was a nice firewall I loved, I forget the name; it died with XP.

 

[mc866]

Was it Sygate personal firewall?

I used to use that during the XP days and it was great.

Not sure but I thought someone like Symantec purchased them. Confirmed Symantec purchased in '05

 

[alkemyst]

Was it Sygate personal firewall?

I used to use that during the XP days and it was great.

Not sure but I thought someone like Symantec purchased them. Confirmed Symantec purchased in '05

It was sygate, I think they spelled it different then.

I wouldn't recommend it to a basic user, but for me it gave me all I needed.

I think the download was spf.zip.

 

[John Connor]

Comodo Firewall is one of the best and I use that. I thought you had Xbox trouble port forwarding? How does a computer firewall affect Xbox???

 

[ch33zw1z]

Comodo Firewall is one of the best and I use that. I thought you had Xbox trouble port forwarding? How does a computer firewall affect Xbox???

he was merely using hte PC to verify port forwarding was working....

OP, as long as the Xbox says Open for NAT, you're all set. I also found the same thing as you, the Xbox doesn't play well when you set a static IP...I have to use DHCP.