[K3CAL] How to Forward Ports on Your Router | PCWorld

[KIMBERLY FLYNN]

Steve,
      Tracked down the problem. Thanks, your article got me pointed in the right direction for a solution. Summary below.  

  My home network has two routers, one supplied by Comcast and a second Apple Airport backup harddrive and wireless router. Both were attempting to perform network address translation (NAT).  (as I come to find out a no-no. )  Putting the apple router into “Bridge Mode” resolved the conflict.  With that solved the flex radio’s network software then successfully automatically created the ability to open/identify a port (called Port Forward) on my network so the radio can accept an outside connection from the internet.  Flex takes advantage of a feature in routers/firewalls called UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play).    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play   
Looking for an easy explanation of what is Port Forward?  Read:   https://portforward.com/help/portforwarding.htm

73,
Dan ww3n



> On November 18, 2017 at 11:00 AM Steve Hempling <steven_hempling at comcast.net> wrote:
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> here's a link for info on opening ports on your router that will allow 
> specific desired programs to access the internet...
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> https://www.pcworld.com/article/244314/how_to_forward_ports_on_your_router.html
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> hope this helps Dan!   from a discussion we had after a very enjoyable 
> breakfast at JT's Kitchen today!   73!   Steve
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