Issue Port Forwarding For Game Servers

[FadeLupae]

So I have port forwarded many times before with different isps for game servers tried both ark port 7777/7778 and Palworld 8211 however now that I am with EE I just can’t seem to get it working. 

I have set my port forwarding rules checked that my server is setup correctly and can see they all should be working. 

I have the Smart Hub 7 Pro running 

Firmware version

r3.8.26-R-1595999-PROD-1

has anyone had any luck as this is a new contract and would really like to just get it working rather then cancelling and moving to another isp 

[FadeLupae]

@XRaySpeX @JimM11 
I thought it was a CGNAT issue but i have just confirmed it is not my public ip is the same as the ip in the EE hub settings.|

Could this be a router issue, if so could me purchasing a non EE router potentially solve this ?

[XRaySpeX]

Yes, EE does not employ CGNAT on fixed Home BB.

[FadeLupae]

Yeah so it must be the router that is causing the issues, i have checked my firewall settings and even turned my firewall off entirely yet still unable to connect and get a connection timeout error 

[JimM11]

@FadeLupae What happens if you put the server IP in the DMZ settings on the EE Pro Hub?

[FadeLupae]

Will try that now and report back shortly !

[JimM11]

@FadeLupae Also have a check with your windows PC Network profile if set to Public/Private state.

[FadeLupae]

@JimM11  Just set in DMZ and made sure my device was on private but still getting the same issue 😞

[JimM11]

@FadeLupae Did you reboot the Pro hub after applying the DMZ IP?

[FadeLupae]

@JimNo Given it a reboot and still unable to its strange its only got an issue with palworld. 

Tried joining other game servers and they work just fine

[FadeLupae]

Just cannot host my own servers 

But palworld give a connection error IP change or not found for every server 

While ark only gives it on my server and not other servers