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So I'm stuck in a conundrum. I can't buy a server, and I'm stuck with this ISP who refuses to give me a new router. They have given me a ZTE Router (ISP is Cincinnati Bell FiOptics (great speeds though!)) and I want to host a website on server I've built out of a Raspberry Pi link.
I can login, setup the port forward, says the port is open, but the router stops it from accessing the local network even though it's open, bound to the local IPs. I have tried DMZ but it screws up our television service.
I'd use a free VPN like Hamachi, but that's only tied to Hamachi users and I need this open.
Anyone have a solution?
Brandan Palmer
Posted 2014-10-07T21:50:17.817
Reputation: 11
The Router's Model is ZTE Broadband Router ZXHN_H368C – Brandan Palmer – 2014-10-07T21:53:51.623
1Router get public IP from ISP? You can look WAN IP in web interface. You test connectivity from outside, not from router LAN? Possible You misunderstood port forward in web interface, sometimes it kludge. – Mikhail Moskalev – 2014-10-07T22:11:15.627
Works fine when I connect to the server via LAN. Also the description in the Router's Web Interface is very clear. – Brandan Palmer – 2014-10-07T22:34:46.730
I describe in bad way. :-( You try connect to forwarded port on public IP of router from other public ip, not from Your lan? Also, try use not port 80 and etc, popular ports can be blocked by ISP firewall. Try forward random high port. – Mikhail Moskalev – 2014-10-07T22:39:54.140
Can you post a screenshot of the "Virtual Server" page? – Jim G. – 2014-10-07T23:51:10.303
Virtual Server Page #1: http://i.imgur.com/t37vOJw.png | Virtual Server Page #2: http://i.imgur.com/WKJsT9l.png
– Brandan Palmer – 2014-10-08T00:44:57.340Those images both appear to contain no entries. How are you setting up the port forward if not via virtual servers? – ssnobody – 2014-10-08T01:42:44.893
These were taken before entry, I took them after my ISP told me to remove them and send a screenshot for some reason. – Brandan Palmer – 2014-10-08T01:57:20.907
Please set it up again and post screenshots. – Jim G. – 2014-10-08T14:57:12.307
Adding a port: http://i.imgur.com/vTFzMDO.png | Port inputed: http://i.imgur.com/7EBGEP4.png - CanYouSeeMe shows that 8080 is open.
– Brandan Palmer – 2014-10-08T16:01:08.230Okay, so what happens when you go to http://%5BWAN_IP_HERE%5D:8080/ ?
– Jim G. – 2014-10-08T16:16:21.897Also, are you testing from inside your LAN or outside? Try from a device not connected to the local network. If that works you might need to add another NAT rule for internal clients. – Jim G. – 2014-10-08T16:17:24.690
Nothing will connect, that's the issue with port forwarding. I can connect via LAN, but not through my IP Address or WAN. – Brandan Palmer – 2014-10-08T18:07:36.360