So, with the ATT 5268AC router I think I had figured out the to assign the port forwarding rules.
I am away frfom home for a few days so
I don’t remember the Tablo device ip address but I couldn’t find the Tablo device on the list of computers so I input the IP address in the choose dialog box.
What i remember for port numbers was
21529 was supposed to map to 8887
21530 was supposed to map to 80
Possibly I have this reversed.
Regardless, I think I successfully forwarded 21529 to 8887 (using the Tablo IP address).
But when I tired to map 21530 to port 80 I got a warning message saying I might be shutting down the whole router.
So I stopped.
I sent this to Tablo tech support but haven’t go a reply yet.
My son thinks (he’s a techie) that if I assign 21530 to port 80 I may be denying access to all the other devices/service that use that port. He said just use port 81 or port 85.
I won’t be back home until next week. But then I travel again so I’d really like to get this resolved during the couple of days I am home.
When you get home, please post a screenshot of this message. I don’t understand what you’re saying, as in it doesn’t really make sense so I want to clarify the exact message.
Mapping / forwarding a random external port of 21530 to an internal port 80 on one device (the Tablo) is just fine, it shouldn’t do anything to your router.
But I messed with this for hours before I (think) I figured out the nuances of how the port forwarding tool worked.
It’s possible I did something wrong or maybe created conflicting rules.
The other person’s problem went away.
Maybe I just need to delete my forwarding rules, tablo 1 and tablo 2, and try again from scratch.
I am disappointed I can’t use the Tablo for this trip. Really want to have it for the next one. If I can’t get it working, or if I can, I will post the result here. And in the former case seek more assistance.
Sound like it should work. So I probably did something wrong. Like, previously, I created a rule for another device before I realized it wasn’t linked to the Tablo.
Yes, I read that. That person said their problem went away but they didn’t know why. They were apparently typing in an incorrect port number. And even after they corrected the error they still got the service disruption warning. So, I am hoping if I start over with a clean slate and do everything right from the get go my problem will go away also.
Make sure to delete all port forwarding rules and start again. A factory reset of the combo modem / router may be helpful, but since you have DSL internet be careful with that as you may need the PPPOE username and password to re-setup the modem for internet.
What little I do know, you can manually configure the ports tablo uses, I unchecked and re-checked the enable… said it needed to be manually configured and gave me some numbers to use -
I put back the numbers I has already setup in my router...
Clicked Re-Test Port Mapping...
and all is well.
So yes you can put in virtually any you want. I’m sure there are obvious limitations.
Thanks for the screenshots, very helpful. I don’t think you can alter the “private ports” (internal ports). But you can alter the public ports (external ports), but I do not recommend opening up external port 80 on your router.
That is I do not recommend setting up port forwarding as follows:
8887 → 8887
80 → 80
I looked at the Pace 5268ac user manual. It has a section (pages 20 & 21) on changing the DHCP settings for an IP address. But it doesn’t actually explain exactly what they do or what should be set.
Could somebody provide a screen shot of that page in the router settings and what the settings should be to prevent the Tablo’s IP address from changing and scuttling the remote connection in the future?
Yes you want to follow the instructors under “Allocating IP addresses” on page 20 of the manual. By allocating a specific IP address to the Tablo this means the DHCP server on the router will always assign the same LAN IP address to the Tablo.
