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Port forwarding issue with N66U

coolguy90

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I downloaded a Steam game to play and in order to host a server I need port 27015 UDP opened. For reference I have tried this on both the latest .979 firmware, a older .720 firmware, and Merlin's newest .35 firmware. I did a factory reset in between each firmware and several reboots of the router. Below is how I added the port number.

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In addition I have disabled the router firewall and added an exception in the Windows firewall to allow both private and public IP's to connect to the game. Problem is the port is still not open. I downloaded a port checker tool and it tells me that 27105 UDP is closed. My friends cannot join my private server as it tells them the server is not responding?

Could this be a hardware related issue?
 
Does the PC with your "Steam Game"have IP address 192.168.1.167?
This seems to be an address from the dynamic pool and may vary every time you startup that PC.
I would leave the Local port assignment empty, this will result in port 27015 be forwarded to 27015 of the client with IP address 192.168.1.167 (only fill in the Local ort if you want it forwarded to a different port).
Do the port scan with the game active, otherwise there is no application that will respond to the port number.
 
the .167 IP is always the same for my PC(verified in ipconfig). I removed the local port and ran the game and when I did a port scan it prompted this:

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the .167 IP is always the same for my PC(verified in ipconfig). I removed the local port and ran the game and when I did a port scan it prompted this:

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Most port checkers only test TCP, not UDP. Make sure whichever test you are using can also test UDP ports.
 
To what I understand of PFPortchecker, you shall not run the game during the test, there is a tutorial video here:
http://pfportchecker.software.informer.com/
The tool it self connects to a remote server (portforward.com), which I assume will try to connect to the specified port on TCP or UPD on the PC with the tool running.
 
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