Double Router Port Forwarding URGENT

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I REALLY NEED HELP. PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN.

I port forwarded through my Netgear router. Everything was great and fine. Then my ISP sent a new modem and router combination (I think it's referred to as a gateway?). Right when this happened, my ports closed. I had to port forward again... but it wasn't working. I have spent 7+ searching on the internet for the answer and nothing worked.

Basically it seems I have to port forward through both of my routers. Yes, they are both hooked up. They both must be hooked up because the modem/router combo sucks really bad.

If you need any additional info, ask please.

// JB
 

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For one or the other, you have to turn off most of the router functions. Specifically, DHCP.
What about the new one sucks?
 

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I have Comcast. Not sure what it is called.
 

jonathanb987

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How can I tell which is the main?
 

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The other one has EXTREMELY slow internet speed and terrible connection.
 

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The 'main one' is the one closest to the cable coming in from the wall.
 

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Most current consumer grade modem/routers all use the same 2 or 3 chipsets, so performance is pretty similar, all else being equal.

Specifically, what is it not doing?
Wired or wireless?
What is telling you it is 'slow'?
 

jonathanb987

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Is there a way I can determine this on the computer? One router's IP in 192.168.1.1 and the other is 10.0.0.1 (Those are the IP's right?)
 

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Look at the actual wiring. The wire coming from the wall goes to one or the other. The other device is then (apparently) plugged into that one.
 

jonathanb987

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The setup is hard to get to. I am pretty sure that the main is the router/modem combo.
 

jonathanb987

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What is that? (I'm not good with this stuff, sorry.)
 

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PITA = Pain in the Ass.
 

jonathanb987

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*facepalm* Okay. Let me try to get this working and I'll get back to you. I know how to set the DMZ (I think).
 

jonathanb987

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It is asking me for the IP address of the device I want to place under DMZ. What should go there?
 

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Well...let's back up a little before we go all weird on the config.

How have we determined that the new modem/router is 'crappy'? Going to speedtest.net, wired to the router, what speed do you get? And what are you paying for?

 

jonathanb987

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Yes, the new modem/router is very crappy. Enough so that I'd rather not connect to it. Besides, for some reason it is only letting me connect to major websites (Yahoo, google, MSN). The modem/router was given to us, I believe it was given to us for free because of xfinity's new wifi coverage.
 

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Routers do not do that, unless there is some reversible setting in there. They do not restrict connections to only those major sites.
 

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It only happens for my pc but it is fine for everyone else.

Anyway, let's get to the point. I need to have this solved very soon. Hence the URGENT title.
 

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Well then...It would seem to not be a crappy router, but something within your PC !
 

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I understand. Still, the speed of it is really bad, which I know for a fact. So about the DMZ... Would I get assigning the DMZ to 192.168.1.1?
 

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Since everything still flows through this 'crappy' modem/router, the DMZ concept may not actually fix anything.
Can you post a screencap of what happens at speedtest.net?
 

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