Never got through any human Xfinity customer support, so have to ask here ...
I'm trying to set up NAT (port forwarding) so that I can access my home computer from outside. This was once a very easy job when I used AT&T internet service, but after I moved to a city that uses Xfinity, I don't know how to bring my past convenience back. There are two obstacles in front of me: 1) Is the IP static? The IP Chicken tells me that the IP of my home PC is 68.59.125.xxx. Is this a public IP? Seems not an internal IP to the best of my knowledge and it seems not changing. 2) How to set up NAT (port forwarding)? I did not find anywhere in the network management webpage (something like http://10.10.10.0, I don't remember that) to do that. I'm going to return the rented cable modem back to Xfinity and buy a new one of my own. Will the address and contents of the network management webpage change? Is there any chance that the new cable modem I'm going to buy (I'm interested in MOTOROLA ARRIS SBG6580) is able to provide settings of NAT(port forwarding)? Please let me know if you need more information to answer the above questions. Thank you.
I'm trying to set up NAT (port forwarding) so that I can access my home computer from outside. This was once a very easy job when I used AT&T internet service, but after I moved to a city that uses Xfinity, I don't know how to bring my past convenience back. There are two obstacles in front of me: 1) Is the IP static? The IP Chicken tells me that the IP of my home PC is 68.59.125.xxx. Is this a public IP? Seems not an internal IP to the best of my knowledge and it seems not changing. 2) How to set up NAT (port forwarding)? I did not find anywhere in the network management webpage (something like http://10.10.10.0, I don't remember that) to do that. I'm going to return the rented cable modem back to Xfinity and buy a new one of my own. Will the address and contents of the network management webpage change? Is there any chance that the new cable modem I'm going to buy (I'm interested in MOTOROLA ARRIS SBG6580) is able to provide settings of NAT(port forwarding)? Please let me know if you need more information to answer the above questions. Thank you.