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  • Why Do Ports Timeout

    From SETH HURST@VERT/SPACESST to ALL on Fri May 10 06:02:00 2019
    So I'm using comcast and every port that I have checked with a port
    checker tool says its open but when I connect to my comcast ip it times
    out on the port. I'm connecting from my local network back into my
    local network through the public ip address. I'm using a netgear
    rooter.
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  • From mark lewis@VERT/SPACESST to SETH HURST on Fri May 10 11:46:00 2019
    On 2019 May 10 06:02:14, you wrote to ALL:

    So I'm using comcast and every port that I have checked with a port checker tool says its open but when I connect to my comcast ip it times out on the port. I'm connecting from my local network back into my
    local network through the public ip address. I'm using a netgear
    rooter.

    this sounds like your router does not do "hairpinning"...

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  • From Immortal@VERT/LIGHT to SETH HURST on Sat May 11 18:38:00 2019
    On 10 May 2019, SETH HURST said the following...

    So I'm using comcast and every port that I have checked with a port checker tool says its open but when I connect to my comcast ip it times out on the port. I'm connecting from my local network back into my
    local network through the public ip address. I'm using a netgear
    rooter.

    I've had routers that did this. What I ended up doing was putting my domain name into my hosts file to bypass dns and redirect to the internal address instead.

    Or you could just connect to 127.0.0.1 instead of your domain name.

    Immortal

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to SETH HURST on Sun May 12 09:34:49 2019
    Re: Why Do Ports Timeout
    By: SETH HURST to ALL on Fri May 10 2019 06:02 am

    local network through the public ip address. I'm using a netgear
    rooter.


    forwards the ports in your rooter
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  • From SETH HURST@VERT/SPACESST to MARK LEWIS on Mon May 13 16:53:00 2019
    I'm on WiFi as well.
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  • From Mortifis@VERT/ALLEYCAT to SETH HURST on Mon May 20 18:12:27 2019
    So I'm using comcast and every port that I have checked with a port
    checker tool says its open but when I connect to my comcast ip it times
    out on the port. I'm connecting from my local network back into my
    local network through the public ip address. I'm using a netgear
    rooter.

    The router ports are open, but are they forwarded to a system that has services listening on those ports? FMI http://vert.synchro.net/scanmyports.ssjs







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