topic Re: Port Forward not working in Nest Wifi

Port Forward not working

Seyedx — Sun, 21 May 2023 11:41:50 GMT

Hi,

I purchased a 3 pack Mesh( Nest wifi pro) from Google. Everything is working except port forward. I do not have a router in between the mesh and the ISP. I only use the products from Google. When I used the router provided by the ISP the port forwarding worked flawlessly, but now nothing works.

I have:
1. Given my Synology a reserved IP through the google home app
2. I have port forwarded 2 ways:
a. 65111 -> 65111
b. 65111-65111 -> 65111-65111
3. I have tried many different ports, nothing seems to work when i try with nmap or online port checker services.
4. Checked and turned off all firewalls
5. Called the ISP to check if they have blocked any ports, they have not.

I don't know what to do now. Please help.

Re: Port Forward not working

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 22:44:40 GMT

Port forwarding works for my Nest Wifi router to a Synology NAS hosting my Plex server. I've also disabled UPnP and IPv6, but pretty sure I got port forwarding working before I did that. I also have the NAS connected by ethernet to my primary/main/master Nest Wifi unit, though through a unmanaged Netgear GS108 switch.

You're sure that the ISP box is not a router? If it is, is it bridged?

I'd also try to factory reset Nest Wifi ( https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6246619?hl=en ) and set it up from scratch, with 1) DHCP reservation and 2) port forwarding being the first things you configure before doing anything else (like adding additional Nest Wifi units).

Re: Port Forward not working

LovelyM — Tue, 30 May 2023 17:50:11 GMT

Hello everyone,

Your assistance here is greatly appreciated, @Anonymous.

@Seyedx, thanks for reaching out. I want to check if you were able to follow the suggestions above. Let us know how it goes.

Best,
Lovely

Re: Port Forward not working

Seyedx — Tue, 30 May 2023 18:01:08 GMT

I managed to make it work by having my ISP router included in the network. Using Google wifi alone just doesn't seem to work for some odd reason.

Re: Port Forward not working

LovelyM — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 19:21:12 GMT

Hi there Seyedx,

We appreciate the update! I'm glad that your Google Wifi is already working for you. Please let me know if you need anything since I'm going to lock this thread within 24 hours. If you have further concerns, please feel free to create a new post.

Many thanks,
Lovely