Port Forwarding & DMZ for PS4

[Kappie 17]

Hi All,

I've been trying to open the following ports on my Tenda AC18 router for my PS4 connection, without any luck;

TCP: 80, 443, 3478, 3479, 3480
UDP: 3478, 3479

CISP is my ISP, on Openserve's network (200Mbps/100Mbps).

I have made my PS4's IP a static address, and enabled UPnP in addition to attempting to forwarding these ports (via the Virtual Server section on my router's UI). Side note: my router's UI only allows me to specify the following: Internal IP (the static PS4 IP), LAN Port (?), WAN Port (?), and Protocol (TCP, UDP, or TCP&UDP). What would I need to specify wrt the LAN and WAN Ports, respectively?

Also, because my "public", internet-facing IP is in fact the IP address of the Nokia ONT provided by Openserve, as opposed to my router's IP, am I correct in assuming that I would need to setup DMZ on the ONT (or at least have Openserve do so, if even possible), in order to successfully open said ports? How would one go about resolving this?

Thank you in advance.

 

[PBCool]

Your internet facing device is your router not the ONT, this is where your PPPoE account is setup yes?

 

[Kappie 17]

Yes, but whatismyip is identifying my IP as the IP of the ONT, not my router. My PPPoE account is indeed setup on my router.

 

[DYreX146]

The internal IP should be your PS4's IP that you set, and then the LAN and WAN ports should be set as the port you want to forward. The ports on the LAN and WAN for each rule should be the same, then just create a new rule for each port you want to forward. Example:

Internal IP Address	LAN Port	WAN Port	Protocol
192.168.0.195	80	80	TCP

I'm also on Openserve with CISP on a TP-Link router and this is how mine looks:

 

[AfriNatic]

So both the LAN and WAN port will be the same. The Tenda unfortunately does not allow a range like the old D-Link adsl modems which was actually really cool.

Just add the rules for each port individually and the TCP&UDP for each to help reduce the number or rules. The Tenda is very simple when it comes to forwarding and should easy to get those ports open.

 

[AfriNatic]

Yes, but whatismyip is identifying my IP as the IP of the ONT, not my router. My PPPoE account is indeed setup on my router.

What is that IP if I may ask?

Openserve ONTs do not give a local IP. When connecting directly to the ONT you will not get a 192. or 10. IP.

 

[Kappie 17]

The internal IP should be your PS4's IP that you set, and then the LAN and WAN ports should be set as the port you want to forward. The ports on the LAN and WAN for each rule should be the same, then just create a new rule for each port you want to forward. Example:

Internal IP Address	LAN Port	WAN Port	Protocol
192.168.0.195	80	80	TCP

I'm also on Openserve with CISP on a TP-Link router and this is how mine looks:
View attachment 883048

Thank you very much, this is exactly how I have configured it.

 

[Kappie 17]

What is that IP if I may ask?

Openserve ONTs do not give a local IP. When connecting directly to the ONT you will not get a 192. or 10. IP.

The external IP begins with 155. My router's IP begins with 192.

 

[PBCool]

The external IP begins with 155. My router's IP begins with 192.

Both those IPs belong to your router, one WAN one LAN.

 

[Kappie 17]

So both the LAN and WAN port will be the same. The Tenda unfortunately does not allow a range like the old D-Link adsl modems which was actually really cool.

Just add the rules for each port individually and the TCP&UDP for each to help reduce the number or rules. The Tenda is very simple when it comes to forwarding and should easy to get those ports open.

Upon checking whether said ports are open (https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/), it checks whether the ports are open on the "155" IP, not that of my router.

EDIT: even still, it is not recognizing any of the specified ports as being open.

 

[AfriNatic]

Upon checking whether said ports are open (https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/), it checks whether the ports are open on the "155" IP, not that of my router.

Yes because your public ip 155. can be seen by the internet the lan ip not. Hence the WAN and LAN port numbers in your rules needs to be the same. It will forward those wan ports from the wan ip to the lan ip opening the port to your device.

 

[Kappie 17]

Yes because your public ip 155. can be seen by the internet the lan ip not. Hence the WAN and LAN port numbers in your rules needs to be the same. It will forward those wan ports from the wan ip to the lan ip opening the port to your device.

That is correct, yes. I have configured the Virtual Server accordingly (see attached). However, the ports are still not open according to the online checker (which is still checking those ports on the 155).

 

[AfriNatic]

That is correct, yes. I have configured the Virtual Server accordingly (see attached). However, the ports are still not open according to the online checker (which is still checking those ports on the 155).

View attachment 883054

Windows firewall might be blocking them so don't trust that. Rather check directly on the device in question in the respective games.

Also where are you checking the ports? On a separate PC? Remember that PC's IP will not be the same as the PS4 IP address.

 

[DYreX146]

That is correct, yes. I have configured the Virtual Server accordingly (see attached). However, the ports are still not open according to the online checker (which is still checking those ports on the 155).

View attachment 883054

Even when I open one of my ports that website says that it's closed, so I'm pretty sure yours should be working.

 

[PBCool]

Have you tested putting the PS4 into the DMZ on the router and see what it reports?

 

[Kappie 17]

Windows firewall might be blocking them so don't trust that. Rather check directly on the device in question in the respective games.

Also where are you checking the ports? On a separate PC? Remember that PC's IP will not be the same as the PS4 IP address.

I've checked these ports on the website, both on the actual PS4 and my laptop - none of the ports are open on either, though.

 

[Kappie 17]

Have you tested putting the PS4 into the DMZ on the router and see what it reports?

I have just tried this, but the ports are remaining closed (at least according to that checker). I'm not entirely sure how I would be able to tell if it has worked - all suggestions welcome, thank you

 

[Kappie 17]

So both the LAN and WAN port will be the same. The Tenda unfortunately does not allow a range like the old D-Link adsl modems which was actually really cool.

Just add the rules for each port individually and the TCP&UDP for each to help reduce the number or rules. The Tenda is very simple when it comes to forwarding and should easy to get those ports open.

My router is only allowing me to specify a maximum of 4 forwarding rules, so I have left out TCP 3480. Any chance having one of these rules missing, is causing the issue?

 

[PBCool]

I have just tried this, but the ports are remaining closed (at least according to that checker). I'm not entirely sure how I would be able to tell if it has worked - all suggestions welcome, thank you

Did you test this using your PC or the PS?

 

[Kappie 17]

Did you test this using your PC or the PS?

I’ve tested this on both now, neither are recognizing the port as open. I also checked the same on both clients using my router’s IP, as well as my PS4’s IP (which is static) to no avail.