Error when trying to port forward 16881 with Hub 5

[namecaps]

Hi All,

I get this error when trying to port forward 16881 on Hub 5:

I've tried UDP and TCP separately, but no difference.

Ideas anyone?

Thanks!

[legacy1]

Use DMZ or get your own router with 1Gb ports and use hub in modem mode

[namecaps]

Thanks for your reply.

I think that DMZ is the nuclear option, not safe, so I'd prefer not to do that.

But I tried it experimentally, and it didn't solve my Synology NAS challenges.

Re: using buying my own router and using the hub in modem mode... yes, I could do that, but that could get expensive, and I'd prefer to see if I can get the Virgin Media Hub 5 working correctly first. Until/unless I determine that it's faulty.

[carl_pearce]

Do you have a device/MAC address set with a static IP of 192.168.0.11?

[legacy1]

Home routers are not that expensive.

VM will not do anything but you can find that out the hard way if you want

[carl_pearce]

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@legacy1 wrote:
Home routers are not that expensive.

VM will not do anything but you can find that out the hard way if you want

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Port forwarding works fine on my HUB 5.

[namecaps]

Are you able to port forward 16881 specifically? I've got other port numbers forwarded successfully, just not this number.

[legacy1]

Are you saying it works as long as the device uses DHCP and not a static IP outside the DHCP range in same subnet? In which case its broken.

[carl_pearce]

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@namecaps wrote:

Are you able to port forward 16881 specifically? I've got other port numbers forwarded successfully, just not this number.

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Yes, I just tried it and allowed me to create the rule with no issues.

[carl_pearce]

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@legacy1 wrote:
Are you saying it works as long as the device uses DHCP and not a static IP outside the DHCP range? In which case its broken.

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I was just asking to troubleshoot.

I wasn't saying it must be static.