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[RMerlin]

I don't know. This is entirely Broadcom's work, all I do is pass a parameter to the masquerade module stating if I want to use fullcone or symetric NAT. I've never looked any further than that.

 

[ColinTaylor]

EDIT: Sorry, just realised this conversation is rather off-topic .

Thanks @RMerlin . For the time being I'm inclined to go with my hypothesis (well I would wouldn't I ).

I don't have an HND router to test with, but if someone that does is interested they can use the following test:

http://nattest.net.in.tum.de/

Remember to close and reopen your browser between tests.

It requires the Java web plugin so Google Chrome won't work. What you're looking for is the result of the STUN test.

Here is my router when operating normally:

And this is what happens when you randomise the MASQUERADE port mapping:

This was taken from an earlier discussion here. Compare my results to RMerlin's here .