Impossible to Port Forward

[Rat Molester]

I've opened every possible Port, Disabled my Firewalls to both my Computer and Router, Added every possible Inbound and Outbound rule and I still get Connection Error 3. This is ridiculous why can't we have Peer-Peer connections instead of doing this hair pulling PF that like in 2008. Can someone please point out what I'm doing wrong.

[Rick James Bish]

Originally posted by Immigrant Kane:

I've opened every possible Port, Disabled my Firewalls to both my Computer and Router, Added every possible Inbound and Outbound rule and I still get Connection Error 3. This is ridiculous why can't we have Peer-Peer connections instead of doing this hair pulling PF that like in 2008. Can someone please point out what I'm doing wrong.

What is your equipment setup? You only have to open two ports, and unless your carrier is CGNat, there is nothing complicated about it. It would help if you posted a screen shot of one of the port forward rules and the exact layout of equipment involved. Which of the configurations below matches your setup? Do you have a static public IP address?

1. Carrier Modem/Router > Your PC
   
2. Carrier Modem/Router > Your Router > Your PC

Usually if the port forward is actually "impossible" on the user end, it will be because your carrier uses CGNat, otherwise it is likely user error. My carrier uses CGNat so this required having them put their modem in bypass mode and assign me a static IP, so my equipment was in control of port forwarding.
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