topic Port forwarding my PC in Nest Wifi

Port forwarding my PC

soourcecode — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:26:32 GMT

So I have been recently been getting into video game server hosting, and thats all fair and good, but my only problem is port-forwarding. Since all game servers need to be port-forwarded to show up on the internet, I'd think to just find an article for port-forwarding Google wifi, which I did. I followed the article and it said to open up the Google Home app and go to where my wifi manages are stored. I went to Network settings > Advanced network settings > Port management, and wanted to add my PC as a rule - Though it did not show up. I look through all the IPs, but none of them where my computer.

Can someone give advice on this topic? I am not a very smart person when it comes to networking.

Re: Port forwarding my PC

znachok88 — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 06:01:19 GMT

You need to change the IP address type to DHCP

Re: Port forwarding my PC

LovelyM — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 05:24:21 GMT

Hello everyone,

Thanks for helping out, @znachok88.

@soourcecode, I want to check in and see if you are still in need of help. If you are, make sure that you set a static IP address for your PC first before setting up a port for it, since that's needed for you to be able to see the device.

Hope this helps.

Best,
Lovely

Re: Port forwarding my PC

LovelyM — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 05:28:55 GMT

Hi soourcecode,

I'm checking in to see if you've tried the steps above. I'd be glad to hear from you, so please tell me if you are still having issues.

Thanks,
Lovely