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The next screenshot shows that the port only opens once I create that rule in the Netgear software: (Note: In the images, the yellow box surounds the rule created in the Port Forwarding Wizard, and the red box surrounds the rule in the router). The first shows port 443 closed without me manually entering a forwarding rule in the router and with a port forwarding rule for port 443 created in Port Forwarding Wizard 4.7. With or without the PF Wizard running, my traffic would only forward if I had port forwarding configured on the Netgear router. At the least, I expected it to give some diagnostics as to what was going on. I disabled the rule and wanted to see if the Port Forwarding Wizard would somehow bypass the fact that the router was closed and still managed to at best, forward the traffic. Enabling a port forwarding rule on the Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (WNDR3700) opened the port I needed. My testbed has a router between a DSL modem and my internal network.
Port forwarding wizard software#
Since the version I purchased can only be installed on one computer, I went to my second testbed connected to a different network and tried downloading and installing the software again. I wanted to give the Port Forwarding Wizard another shot. So it seems the software did as advertised and then stopped working-not good. I had no log files or message indicating what the problem was and no configuration changes were made to the testbed.
Port forwarding wizard full#
After installing the full version, the port was no longer open.
Port forwarding wizard trial#
I eagerly upgraded the trial version to a full version. I was quite impressed and curious, thinking the software might have some way of circumventing any ISP's or other types of restrictions for port forwarding. I then downloaded a trial version of the Port Forwarding Wizard. I first tried port forwarding on the modem. I had a connection straight to a cable modem. Testing I needed port 443 opened on my network to test a particular application. I am currently in communication with the vendor-which is difficult because the only contact information on the website is an email form that promises a response within 24 hours, making getting help a slow, painful process. To make matter worse, the sparse help text provided on the vendor's website is rife with sloppy, and seemingly, poorly-translated English. It didn't, and I would think twice about purchasing a more expensive version. Those advanced capabilities sound intriguing, but I only tested the Home version to find out if it would remedy my port-forwarding issues.
Port forwarding wizard windows#
Each higher-tiered version supports more simultaneous connections, with the vendor stating that the Enterprise version supports up to 10,000 connections on a Windows Server.
Port forwarding wizard pro#
For SSL port forwarding plus other features such as integrated web interface and a file sharing tool and command-line port forwarding, you need the Pro or Enterprise versions which are priced at $79.95 and $200, respectively. Nor does the $30 Home Version I purchased (although I didn't need that capability for testing, anyway). In any case, that SSL port-forwarding feature doesn't come cheap: the free, trial version (which can only be used for 15 days, doesn't support that feature. Perhaps this capability is useful for legacy software. However, most applications that connect to the Internet have native SSL support if an app doesn't, it's likely not one I would deploy on any network I was administering. However, there are some benefits the Port Forwarding Wizard claims it provides: it can forward traffic using SSL port forwarding even if the application does not support SSL. What It Does Port Forwarding Wizard's website states that the product will "Infinite port forwarding until the destination IP address is reached." Despite the awkward phrasing, this is the description of what a port-forwarding rule does when configured on a router with the router's own software. I had a frustrating issue recently trying to get traffic through port 443 in my network, which is why a product called Port Forwarding Wizard caught my eye. Many factors can cause problems with port forwarding-networking hardware, software, NAT, ISP blocking ports, and more.
However, you can often run into problems with port forwarding in actual execution. For commonly used ports, such as 25 for SMTP or 443 for HTTPS, creating the port forwarding rule in most routers, very often, requires nothing more than clicking a checkbox to enable. Find out the port you need to open for an application, create a rule in the router's management interface, and enable the rule. Port forwarding, in practice, is easy to set up.
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