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jin735
Newbie Caller
Hace 2 años

Home Internet - Open ports for external access

Hello, I'm using FAST 5688W 5G Gateway and it seems that there is no advanced network settings on the admin page(192.168.12.1). I need to open some ports for RDP and setup port forwarding. Please a...
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    copz1998
    Hace 2 años

    @jin735 you will need to use a router like a Netgear MR60 that you can use for Wi-Fi and Ethernet and have the ability to configure port forwarding and alike. the T-Mobile gateway is just a gateway/access to their cellular network for internet access. 
     

    I hope this helps!

     

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jon7701
Newbie Caller
Hace 2 años
fields81 wrote:

find it interesting that this is marked as solved when clearly it is not!  we are just signed up for t-mobile home internet (had COX) but now find that there is one MAJOR flaw in that we can no longer remotely access our IP cameras or home automation via port forwarding as we have been for years.  Glad we haven't canceled COX yet as we may have dump t-mobile if there isn't a way to get this working!

Heres the solution. SSH Tunneling. You can use SSH in combination with a VPS to forward your internal network port to the VPS and then you can use the VPS' IP address to access your network. You have to set it up on a per port basis though. You can only have 1 port forwarded per ssh connection so you will have to use multiple ssh connections to the same VPS. I recommend using autossh to automatically keep the connection running should your network or VPS have a hiccup and temporarily lose connection. This docker container should be able to help https://github.com/jnovack/autossh