Port Forwarding

[swooper247]

I cant seem to figure out how to Forward port 443 to port 8123 for my device specific IP address... 

Im trying to setup HomeAssistant to work with Alexa, I have my duckdns setup, and everything works as anticipated with port 8123, but not on port 443.

I was able to setup port forwarding rules for (IP ADDRESS) External Port: 8123 > Internal Port 8123 (TCP), and that worked, I did the same with port 443, to no avail. It says it worked in the google wifi app, but I checked on https://canyouseeme.org/ and the connection is still refused. 

I dont know what to do.  Im new to networking overall...

[olavrb]

Could be that your ISP blocks common ports, like 443 & 80 (hosting web pages), 3389 (Windows remote desktop, RDP) and 445 (SMB/ Samba). For security reasons, but also because some ISPs don't want private consumers to use their internet access for hosting stuff. So, ask your ISP, or see if their support pages says something about it.

[Jeff]

Hi, swooper247.
I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw olavrb's reply and to see if you still needed some help on this or if you were able to get it sorted out. If you are still needing some help, just let us know and we'll be happy to continue helping.
Thanks,
- Jeff

[Jeff]

Hey again, swooper247.

I'm checking in again real fast to see if you still needed help here or to see if you got it all sorted out.

Thanks,

- Jeff

[swooper247]

443 is still not working as intended, I had a support convo with google late last week to discuss, they were able to verify that everything looked correct. No one can seem to identify the issue.

im forwarding other ports for various things, so it’s not as if this is a new process to me, yet I’m not a networking expert by any means.

[olavrb]

Did you ask your ISP about port 443?

[swooper247]

I did, they swore up and down The claim they don’t block it, or better yet, they said they can’t block it since I’m using the google router and not there’s.

[olavrb]

Then I'm out of ideas about what to try without involving Google. So I escalated this thread.

[olavrb]

One more thing came to my mind: Have you configured the firewall on the device you are port forwarding to, to allow traffic coming from internet/ external IPs?

• https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleWiFi/comments/n6lli5https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleWiFi/comments/n6ll...

[swooper247]

The device is a raspberry pi4. From my investigation, there is no firewall preconfigured out-of-the-box.

[EdwardT]

Hi folks,

@olavrb, thanks for the help!

@swooper247, thanks for reaching out and I'm sorry to hear that you're having an issue with the port forwarding. I see that you've already tried some steps. We'd like to know more about this. Please fill out this form so we could investigate further.

Thanks,

Edward

[EdwardT]

Hi swooper247,

It's me again. I wanted to check back in to see if you have other questions and concerns. Feel free to let me know if you do. 

Thanks,

Edward

[EdwardT]

Hi swooper247,

Just checking in to make sure that you've seen our response. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours.

Thanks,

Edward