I see a couple threads talking about port forwarding not working and I still can't seem to get mine working. Is anyone having any success with new hardware or contacting support?

Got it running and managing 4g / LTE bands on linux and Win10/11 - working on android config now. CLI tool should be 100% for beta in next 1-3 days - just finishing the 5g work tonightIt's a 3 part tool - monitoring, network configuration, ip/ban config/fall overwritten in c mainly, user interaction and T-M gui extensibility is in python - flask takes on the gui and api work, C-Make will handle the binaries and executable- looking for a consistent CI/CD w/ wrapper integration before finishing the build repo for public view on github. I'm close to an initial mod release - this was a bit more then I originally thought but I'm glad it seems to be able to do a bit more as far a as firmware access on the device as well. So if you are the network admin type or want to set up a local bug log to find isolated issue to your configuration - this should be simple setting to configure and an easy setting add-on for the gui. I'll update again shortly - TY

Port forwarding still a problem: bump

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I have been using t-mobile hotspot and other carriers for years and have also had issues with the port forwarding. The issue is that t-mobile and others use a carrier grade NAT which will never assign you a public IP when connecting to the internet. You will be assigned a shared IP to WAN which means there is no way to direct any particular port to your device directly. Unless t-mobile offers a service to allow a public or dedicated IP this probably will never be supported, even if the router they provide has it available in their settings. However, I have found a decent work around that has worked well for me, though I am still waiting for my device to come in for me to try on the t-mobile home internet. It works well with my phone tethering and hotspot though so I assume it will work the same. PureVPN has a service with their VPN that assigns your connection with a dedicated IP address and port forwarding. It works with PPTP and L2TP / ipsec only but this makes it very easy to set up. PPTP is hardly encrypted and is not standard to use for many VPNs, but it is very very fast and is minimal on latency / bandwidth compromises. I use a second router with dd-wrt firmare and use PPTP to connect straight through its WAN connection settings. Super easy to setup, and the dedicated IP you assigned becomes the WAN IP of the second router which means port forwarding is used directly. No need to open any ports or DMZ with the t-mobile router at all. Routers will vary with PPTP WAN support, but this should be a pretty common protocol so others might work the same. This is actually easier than it might seem, and it works better than you might expect. The benefit is that you will also have a dedicated IP which is super handy to have. The downside is that there is a cost to these services, but PureVPN also supports OpenVPN so you can use to connect other devices as a standard VPN. Its a work around, but so far its the only way I have found to poke holes through that wall.

Just started setting up my T-Mobile Home Internet Gateway, and the speeds and latency look very good, (low 10's of milliseconds ping, 300-500 Mbps downlink, 50-80 Mbps uplink, BUT, there doesn't seem to be anyway to accomplish port forwarding in the web GUI. What a major oversight. They need to add several controls:DHCP reservation (required for port forwarding) Port forwarding (to devices that have IP reservations) Auto firmware updates Ability to modify DNS servers that are usedIn absence of these functions, they could perhaps provide a way to act exactly like a cable modem: provide all ports at a wired Ethernet connection and allow the WiFi to be turned off. Let us do the rest if you can't do it.

Home Internet Port Forwarding working in 2021?

riskybiz007
Newbie Caller
Hace 2 años
I found this alternative to PureVPN. Working great so far and free: https://www.twingate.com/blog/twingate-starter-setup/
Tburk
Roaming Rookie
Hace 3 años
rdweiler wrote:

Have the Arcadyn (square) gateway. No port forwarding, no nat, no dmz no bridging. I even tried using VPN on my router for my ip cameras, no luck. Really want to keep TMHI but may be stuck with $pectrum for 3 times the price.

Check out Zero Tier One
Tburk
Roaming Rookie
Hace 3 años
Cameraman wrote:

Regarding the lack of port forwarding, I put the camera images onto an Android tablet that is also running "Anydesk". When away from home, using my cell phone that also has the 'Anydesk' ap, I can connect to the tablet computer at home and see the camera images. It's slower than I like, but it works. However, I also have internet switches in the house, as well as a Wifi garage door opener, and a Wifi controlled AC unit and this will be hard to do with the same approach. If Anydesk can punch through the T-Mobile network, a VPN can also, I'm assuming. Will try this next. So much time has been blown on this... I'll probably return the unit.

I ditched TMHI because of this issue. However, I may in fact sign up for it again because I'm running Zero Tier One, which allows the same type of tunneling as Anydesk, but ZT1 is not a remote desktop program. Zero Tier One basically creates a LAN between devices anywhere, so they show up as if they are in the same local network. The setup is extremely, boneheadedly simple. If you're trying to basically set up a home VPN server, I recommend Zero Tier One. I haven't tested it on TMHI, but it should work just fine.
Cameraman
Roaming Rookie
Hace 3 años
Regarding the lack of port forwarding, I put the camera images onto an Android tablet that is also running "Anydesk". When away from home, using my cell phone that also has the 'Anydesk' ap, I can connect to the tablet computer at home and see the camera images. It's slower than I like, but it works. However, I also have internet switches in the house, as well as a Wifi garage door opener, and a Wifi controlled AC unit and this will be hard to do with the same approach. If Anydesk can punch through the T-Mobile network, a VPN can also, I'm assuming. Will try this next. So much time has been blown on this... I'll probably return the unit.
Tburk
Roaming Rookie
Hace 3 años
denis wrote:

Tburk wrote:

denis wrote:

Tburk wrote:

Donutpanda wrote:

What's the deal here I can't PORT FORWARD? Has this been fixed I can't find PORT FORWARDING on my router, please advise!!

Yesterday I called T-Mobile to inform them I'll be canceling their service because port forwarding is not available. Long story short they acknowledged that they can't do port forwarding and gave me instructions to cancel the service and return the trash can.

They called back later and said that they are just now pushing out a firmware update that will allow port forwarding!

He said to leave the unit on for the next 12-24 hours and I should see port forwarding available in the configuration options.

I checked 12 hrs later and there was no firmware update. Will check again later and let you all know.

Any updates?

I checked that evening, and there was no new firmware loaded. I will check again tonight and let you know

👍 gracias

Checked again tonight. At this point I believe that the tech support people knowingly lied, and that they don't have any plans to implement port forwarding. I'm ditching the TMHI.
rdweiler
Newbie Caller
Hace 3 años
Have the Arcadyn (square) gateway. No port forwarding, no nat, no dmz no bridging. I even tried using VPN on my router for my ip cameras, no luck. Really want to keep TMHI but may be stuck with $pectrum for 3 times the price.
earroyo
Newbie Caller
Hace 3 años
They gave me the run-around when I had the trash can also, they said to wait for the new modem (square) but it still didn’t have NAT/Port Forwarding or DMZ (any would be great)
denis
Newbie Caller
Hace 3 años
Tburk wrote:

denis wrote:

Tburk wrote:

Donutpanda wrote:

What's the deal here I can't PORT FORWARD? Has this been fixed I can't find PORT FORWARDING on my router, please advise!!

Yesterday I called T-Mobile to inform them I'll be canceling their service because port forwarding is not available. Long story short they acknowledged that they can't do port forwarding and gave me instructions to cancel the service and return the trash can.

They called back later and said that they are just now pushing out a firmware update that will allow port forwarding!

He said to leave the unit on for the next 12-24 hours and I should see port forwarding available in the configuration options.

I checked 12 hrs later and there was no firmware update. Will check again later and let you all know.

Any updates?

I checked that evening, and there was no new firmware loaded. I will check again tonight and let you know

👍 gracias
Tburk
Roaming Rookie
Hace 3 años
denis wrote:

Tburk wrote:

Donutpanda wrote:

What's the deal here I can't PORT FORWARD? Has this been fixed I can't find PORT FORWARDING on my router, please advise!!

Yesterday I called T-Mobile to inform them I'll be canceling their service because port forwarding is not available. Long story short they acknowledged that they can't do port forwarding and gave me instructions to cancel the service and return the trash can.

They called back later and said that they are just now pushing out a firmware update that will allow port forwarding!

He said to leave the unit on for the next 12-24 hours and I should see port forwarding available in the configuration options.

I checked 12 hrs later and there was no firmware update. Will check again later and let you all know.

Any updates?

I checked that evening, and there was no new firmware loaded. I will check again tonight and let you know
denis
Newbie Caller
Hace 3 años
Tburk wrote:

Donutpanda wrote:

What's the deal here I can't PORT FORWARD? Has this been fixed I can't find PORT FORWARDING on my router, please advise!!

Yesterday I called T-Mobile to inform them I'll be canceling their service because port forwarding is not available. Long story short they acknowledged that they can't do port forwarding and gave me instructions to cancel the service and return the trash can.

They called back later and said that they are just now pushing out a firmware update that will allow port forwarding!

He said to leave the unit on for the next 12-24 hours and I should see port forwarding available in the configuration options.

I checked 12 hrs later and there was no firmware update. Will check again later and let you all know.

Any updates?