Port forwarding with Bell Hub 2000

habs73

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I'm trying to forward ports 80 and 443. I opened all two ports and allowed access (DMZ) on the Bell Hub 2000. Checking with portchecktool.com report no access to these ports. This problem is similar to the one reported here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2720429/bell-home-hub-2000-port-forwarding.html#17270204. Is it really a problem in Bell's end?
 
Solution


- Make sure the IP address displayed on that port check website matches the WAN IP of your Home Hub.
- Your server/application using that port must be running for the port checker to find if it is open or not.
- Online port checking tools are not always accurate. You didn't mention if you actually tried to communicate on that port, but you should actually test for access...


- Make sure the IP address displayed on that port check website matches the WAN IP of your Home Hub.
- Your server/application using that port must be running for the port checker to find if it is open or not.
- Online port checking tools are not always accurate. You didn't mention if you actually tried to communicate on that port, but you should actually test for access through the server.
- Some ISPs block web server ports like 80 and 443 to prevent their customers from running potential bandwidth intensive services. You can configure a different external port for testing purposes and see if that resolves the problem.
 
Solution
Thanks to @BuddhaSkoota. Actually I was trying to give access to a Raspberry Pi. As I rebooted several times Bell Hub 2000 thinking this was the problem, I haven't check if the Pi has still access to the internet. Indeed, its wi-fi setup was not correct and it was loosing the network. After setting it up properly, all is fine and the ports are available. Thanks for your help!