Need help in port forwarding (Airtel Xstream with Static IP)

superczar

Skilled
What modem do you have?
Not even sure which one it is.
It's connected in bridge mode to my primary router so it's running pretty much as a dumb ont/media converter.

Having said that, i sort of doubt that any specific modem/router would have internal limitations on port that can be fwdd.

It may be Worth sharing pics of your wan config and NAT setup .
 

TheBark

Disciple
@superczar here are some screenshots.

 

superczar

Skilled
@superczar here are some screenshots.

On the last screenshot, i am presuming 192.168.1.1 is the lan ip for your gateway/router (ie the device you are configuring itself)
I am assuming the intent is to forward 443 to a server/device on the lan.
Are you getting the same error if you change the target ip for nat to any other device on your network
 

TheBark

Disciple
On the last screenshot, i am presuming 192.168.1.1 is the lan ip for your gateway/router (ie the device you are configuring itself)
I am assuming the intent is to forward 443 to a server/device on the lan.
Are you getting the same error if you change the target ip for nat to any other device on your network
No no it’s to another device. 193.168.1.15. It’s got cutoff due to resolution.
 

napstersquest

Disciple
From this one I would have inferred that it's a router limitation.
Yes a few routers have such limitations. For example, the Sercomm one wouldn't allow me more than 8 ports to be forwarded. Whatever the reason, the firmware has such limitations.

Just raise a query with Airtel Black/Xstream support, they will replace your router with another model.
Or put this one in bridge mode and use your own router.
 

teslasingh

Recruit
john wick and his cat....please let us know that, for port forwarding, do we really require static IP in the airtel service discussed over here?
 

Vishn

Recruit
Another update on the situation.
Since the static IP config changes that the 'network engineer' made on my router, the landline wasn't working.

I told him about the missing config for the voice channel in the WAN settings, he had no idea what I was talking about.

I raised a request through the Thanks app, called him again, he assigned it to himself.
Called me to reset the router to factory settings. The old pppoe for internet and voice settings came back, I changed the Internet settings from pppoe to static IP and internet (and landline) works again.

I just wish every ISP had at least one knowledgeable person in every region/locale.

Now I told him about port forwarding, let's see.


Edit 8:34PM:


Now this is super dumb (I don't know if on my part or on how it works).

So it seems all the port forwarding was working from the beginning.

Basically I tried to access home assistance instance (port 8123) on my static IP (after port forwarding) with mobile data (Not WiFi) and it works.
port 80 still points to the airtel router web panel, but the rest of the ports seem to work.

But if I am on the WiFi and try to access via http(s)://<Static IP> then it does not work (connection times out).

I have changed the LAN DNS to a pihole instance and WAN DNS to googledns by the way. Before and after behaviour is the same about above.
@superczar can you please verify if you can access http(s)://<Static IP>:<WAN Port> from inside your LAN as well as via internet? I am able to access it over SIM network, but not when I am on same network.

<LAN IP>:<LAN Port> works fine though on local network.
You have been very helpful so far. Thank you
Hey Ive been trying to enable port forwarding in my router as well to make a Minecraft server and it doesn't seem to work
could you tell me how u enabled port forwarding.?
 

napstersquest

Disciple
Hey Ive been trying to enable port forwarding in my router as well to make a Minecraft server and it doesn't seem to work
could you tell me how u enabled port forwarding.?
Which router are you using?
Have you paid for static IP? Unfortunately you can't forward port without static IP (There are other ways to get minecraft access to work over internet)
 

mangaman

Recruit
Hey how did you solve the router page issue? I have a static IP and I setup DNS record as well. but when I visit my domain it shows router page. Why would this even happen? I do have port forwarding setup with 80 -> 80 and DMZ as well
 

napstersquest

Disciple
Either do DMZ or port forwarding. Not both.
Also change router admin panel port to something other than 80. (in router settings)
Hey how did you solve the router page issue? I have a static IP and I setup DNS record as well. but when I visit my domain it shows router page. Why would this even happen? I do have port forwarding setup with 80 -> 80 and DMZ as well
 
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