Do you really have to forward ports in your router for the OBi100 to work?
abcd:
I've always just plugged it in and used it and it worked right away. Now I'm having problems with it and I just recently read in the FAQ that you need to forward ports in your router. Is that true? If so, why did it work before with no problems?
Rick:
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 01:31:13 pm
I've always just plugged it in and used it and it worked right away. Now I'm having problems with it and I just recently read in the FAQ that you need to forward ports in your router. Is that true? If so, why did it work before with no problems?
Can you provide a link to where you read that you need to forward ports on your router? I'd like to read that.
I've been using the OBi 110 for 15 months and I have no ports forwarded.
QBZappy:
I think the need for port forwarding is on a case by case basis. Generally speaking no port forwarding is ever need inside the lan. On the wan side it may or may not depending on your specifics.
abcd:
Quote from: QBZappy on March 26, 2013, 01:54:21 pm
I think the need for port forwarding is on a case by case basis. Generally speaking no port forwarding is ever need inside the lan. On the wan side it may or may not depending on your specifics.
Thanks so much.
Could you please tell me what you mean when you say "on the wan side"?? How do you forward ports on the wan side??Quote from: Rick on March 26, 2013, 01:41:32 pm
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 01:31:13 pm
I've always just plugged it in and used it and it worked right away. Now I'm having problems with it and I just recently read in the FAQ that you need to forward ports in your router. Is that true? If so, why did it work before with no problems?
Can you provide a link to where you read that you need to forward ports on your router? I'd like to read that.
I've been using the OBi 110 for 15 months and I have no ports forwarded.
http://www.obihai.com/FAQ.html#ports-to-keep-open-on-my-router
QBZappy:
Quote from: abcd on March 26, 2013, 02:31:43 pm
Could you please tell me what you mean when you say "on the wan side"?? How do you forward ports on the wan side??
I'll give you an example:
GV service can reach your OBI because it can find your public ip address (outside) and then your modem/router can redirect it to the OBi (inside). The connection allowing you to consume services which are in the "cloud" such as GV are connections using the wan ports of your modem/router.
Printing a document to a network printer attached the modem/router in your home is traveling on the lan side (inside).
This is a simple explanation.
Port forwarding information can be found here:
http://portforward.com/
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