Greetings!
I've been scouring the web looking for answers and have concluded the "smart" people are on this forum!
Here's my problem.... I have CL ADSL2+ Bonded service with the Technicolor C2000T (DHCP protocol). I recently moved and "dismantled" my old network which included a Linksys EA6900 (cable) and the cable companies modem. 4 ports were forwarded in the router and everything was working fine. Fast forward to the new house (south central Florida) and the DSL service worked fine until I tried to forward the ports as I did on the EA6900 with the old cable network. I followed the C2000T directions at the CL help pages and configured one port (as a test) to gain access to a security camera from the internet. No luck. I ran a "port checker" utility and it confirmed the port was not "open" outside the home network. I added a specific entry into the Firewall table for access for that specific port and it still didn't work. In frustration I called CL and was informed they don't support port forwarding (understandable from a liability point of view) but was left with no valid option using the C2000T. I then tried bridging the C2000T so I could use the old Linksys router and could not get it to connect successfully (following the CL instructions for bridging the C2000T).
I would prefer to keep and use the C2000T if that's possible. I've read stories across the internet about problems forwarding ports with the C2000T. One complaint about failure would be followed by responses of "I didn't have a problem", etc. but no real answers or solutions were provided that matched my problem. It's actually a very "basic" port forwarding that I'm trying to do. It's a single port for a single LAN IP server. I know the camera is configured correctly with a static IP address on the LAN (it's unchanged from my previous setup) as well as the port number. As a test, I configured a viewing app on my IPhone and when I enter the "static" LAN ip address and port number, the camera is available from inside the house. Something is blocking the outside access at this point.
In my specific example, I'm trying to forward port 8083 to a security camera. The LAN IP address has been verified (it's correct) but I never can get the port accessible from outside. I verified that CL has no "block" for this kind of useage, they just don't support it. I also tried using the "real" ip address with the port appended to it and it also fails.
Any tips from those who have had initial problems as to what could be causing this issue? I'd appreciate any help....
Regards,
Hasbro
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