Please please please help me forward ports

2008-05-15 07:34:57

#1

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

My router will not let me forward ports. I have a fixed local IP, but no matter what my ports remain closed to anything I throw at them (www.canyouseeme.org/, http://66.134.89.225/~sic/nettest.html, http://www.whatsmyip.org/ports/, etc)

It's an Asus wl-530g, latest firmware.

https://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc77/LucienL/fail.jpg

Also, why the hell do I have "port range" AND "local port"? Every other router I've seen just has one box for the port

2008-05-15 07:41:14

#2

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6651|Bromley, London

use this site, i found it very useful when i did some on my router.

www.portforward.com

2008-05-15 07:44:26

#3

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

teek22 wrote:
use this site, i found it very useful when i did some on my router.

www.portforward.com

http://portforward.com/english/routers/ … holink.htm

yeah, somehow they've got a different port forwarding screen than for my router. Notice how they only have to choose the port once? (and yes, I am very sure that I have a wl-530g )

2008-05-15 07:46:38

#4

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6940|The Netherlands

Lucien wrote:
Also, why the hell do I have "port range" AND "local port"? Every other router I've seen just has one box for the port

So you can contact port 5000 via the internet but it actually is port 4000 on your machine. This is sometimes VERY usefull, especially with multiple computers with webservers or Remote Desktop Connection.

2008-05-15 07:46:39

#5

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6861|Reisterstown, MD

Do you have a software firewall on e.g. Symantec, McAfee, etc.? Firewalls will also block ports.

2008-05-15 07:47:57

#6

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

killer21 wrote:
Do you have a software firewall on e.g. Symantec, McAfee, etc.? Firewalls will also block ports.

nope, I've had this problem on XP and now on Vista, right now I have nothing but the vanilla windows security and even that is off.

2008-05-15 08:00:27

#7

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6861|Reisterstown, MD

You don't have tools such as PeerGuardian on do you? I have other websites for that port forwarding but it is on my home pc and I am at work. I'll post some links when I get home.

2008-05-15 08:03:25

#8

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

killer21 wrote:
You don't have tools such as PeerGuardian on do you? I have other websites for that port forwarding but it is on my home pc and I am at work. I'll post some links when I get home.

No tools, absolutely nothing like that.

2008-05-15 08:35:16

#9

prototype: Member; +52|6582

buy a different router

2008-05-15 08:37:15

#10

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6652|the land of bourbon

are you sure your ISP isn't doing any blocking of their own? i know AT&T blocks port 25 to prevent mail bots. you have to call them to get the port opened.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36e1d9e36ae924048a933db90fb05bb247fe315e.png

2008-05-15 09:43:48

#11

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

steelie34 wrote:
are you sure your ISP isn't doing any blocking of their own? i know AT&T blocks port 25 to prevent mail bots. you have to call them to get the port opened.

Blocking port 25 will block your mail as well as mail bots won't it? Or do the assume no one uses SMTP?

2008-05-15 09:53:54

#12

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6861|Reisterstown, MD

ghettoperson wrote:
Blocking port 25 will block your mail as well as mail bots won't it? Or do the assume no one uses SMTP?

POP3 is more popular apparently.

2008-05-15 11:23:14

#13

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6652|the land of bourbon

killer21 wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
Blocking port 25 will block your mail as well as mail bots won't it? Or do the assume no one uses SMTP?
POP3 is more popular apparently.

well all mail protocols use smtp port 25 for sending, unless you use a secure mail connection (443 i think?). but basically that means you cannot send mail from an client based email program like outlook or eudora. if you a web-based email client like yahoo or google you're fine. i found this out after all but pulling my hair out with a user from my work. she could send no problems from inside the company, but at home none of her mail would be delivered, even though she could receive (incoming mail is a different port.) we finally figured she would have to connect to the vpn system first so she could then just route mail through the company servers, but its pretty slow tbh. after fighting with att for a while, they finally opened the port for her system.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-05-15 11:24:13)

2008-05-15 11:35:33

#14

mikkel: Member; +383|6872

killer21 wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
Blocking port 25 will block your mail as well as mail bots won't it? Or do the assume no one uses SMTP?
POP3 is more popular apparently.

You don't really send mail with POP.

2008-05-15 12:53:40

#15

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6861|Reisterstown, MD

killer21 wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
Blocking port 25 will block your mail as well as mail bots won't it? Or do the assume no one uses SMTP?
POP3 is more popular apparently.

I don't remember saying this. This is what happens when you leave something open and walk away with a bunch of crazy people at work.

2008-05-15 13:08:14

#16

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

I doubt my ISP is blocking every port on the list in the image I posted, and every other port I have tried in the past.

2008-05-15 13:12:59

#17

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6652|the land of bourbon

go to this website: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/port-scanner/ and enter the IP of your modem. it will remotely port scan your shit and tell you what's open. if that site doesn't work, there are tons more out there. just search for "online port scan" and find one that will scan your modem remotely.

and in that screenie you provided, it says you are enabling NAT which is a more advanced form of port forwarding. it will forward requests made to well-known ports to a custom port you define. in most cases that isn't necessary unless you are going for high security. your router should have some way of just forwarding ports on itself to the same port on your PC.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-05-15 13:17:54)

2008-05-15 13:21:18

#18

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

steelie34 wrote:
go to this website: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/port-scanner/ and enter the IP of your modem. it will remotely port scan your shit and tell you what's open. if that site doesn't work, there are tons more out there. just search for "online port scan" and find one that will scan your modem remotely.

62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 21 (ftp).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 23 (telnet).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 25 (smtp).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 80 (http).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 110 (pop3).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 139 (netbios-ssn).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 445 (microsoft-ds).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 1433 (ms-sql-s).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 1521 (ncube-lm).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 1723 (pptp).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 3306 (mysql).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 3389 (ms-wbt-server).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 5900 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 8080 (webcache).
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28900 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28901 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28902 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28903 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28904 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28905 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28906 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28907 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28908 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28909 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28910 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28911 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28912 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28913 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28914 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28915 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28916 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28917 ().
62.195.9.35 isn't responding on port 28918 ().

oh noes I posted my IP, I'll get hacked, etc.

anyway, as you can see every single port isn't responding. Could some other dudes who are behind a router that is shared by multiple computers take this test and post their results?

2008-05-15 13:25:22

#19

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

Do you reckon the IT guys at my uni will go nuts if I try to get all my ports scanned whilst behind their network?

2008-05-15 13:31:06

#20

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6652|the land of bourbon

ghettoperson wrote:
Do you reckon the IT guys at my uni will go nuts if I try to get all my ports scanned whilst behind their network?

if their firewall is not retarded it will start to drop the probes, thus rendering the scan pointless. it may even go as far as blocking the originating IP of the scan.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-05-15 13:32:42)

2008-05-15 13:32:25

#21

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6652|the land of bourbon

Lucien wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
go to this website: http://www.t1shopper.com/tools/port-scanner/ and enter the IP of your modem. it will remotely port scan your shit and tell you what's open. if that site doesn't work, there are tons more out there. just search for "online port scan" and find one that will scan your modem remotely.
oh noes I posted my IP, I'll get hacked, etc.

anyway, as you can see every single port isn't responding. Could some other dudes who are behind a router that is shared by multiple computers take this test and post their results?

well at the very least we know either your router or your ISP is blocking these ports. is there a way to actually turn off the firewall on your router? (just for testing purposes.) try it and run the scan again.

2008-05-15 13:50:12

#22

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6861|Reisterstown, MD

isn't responding on port 21(ftp)
isn't responding on port 23 (telnet).
isn't responding on port 25 (smtp)
isn't responding on port 80 (http).
isn't responding on port 110 (pop3).
isn't responding on port 139 (netbios-ssn).
isn't responding on port 445 (microsoft-ds).
isn't responding on port 1433 (ms-sql-s).
isn't responding on port 1521 (ncube-lm).
isn't responding on port 1723 (pptp).
isn't responding on port 3306 (mysql).
isn't responding on port 3389 (ms-wbt-server).
isn't responding on port 5900 ().
isn't responding on port 8080 (webcache).

Strange. I know my port forwarding works because I download music and other things that require ports to be open for a specific program such as utorrent.

2008-05-15 13:52:58

#23

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6923

Bah, my utorrent was working fine too before I tried these ports today. I needed them for Hamachi. Even though I had no ports fake-forwarded uTorrent said everything was fine and I was getting great speeds too

EDIT: mysterious, after resetting my router, uTorrent is working and the port it uses (24238) is cleared on all those test sites, but only when utorrent is running. I have not done anything to forward 24238, it is a random port utorrent chose when I installed it.

Last edited by Lucien (2008-05-15 14:06:48)

2008-05-15 14:35:53

#24

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6652|the land of bourbon

killer21 wrote:
Strange. I know my port forwarding works because I download music and other things that require ports to be open for a specific program such as utorrent.

thats thanks to the UPnP service.

Lucien wrote:
EDIT: mysterious, after resetting my router, uTorrent is working and the port it uses (24238) is cleared on all those test sites, but only when utorrent is running. I have not done anything to forward 24238, it is a random port utorrent chose when I installed it.

again the UPnP service is why utorrent is working. but now it seems you have a clean slate to start with on your router since you reset it. go into the port forwarding area and add a port. it should work the way its supposed to.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-05-15 14:37:25)

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