Opening ports on EE 5G Router 2021

[jjjlm]

Hi everyone.

We just got a EE 5G Router 2021 and were trying to configure our VPN server to work with it.

After some time checking the configs, it seems the ports are not open on the router, even if we do enable some port forward rules.

Tried to scan the WAN IP address and the only ports open are 21, 80 and 443.

This looks completely insane, as the manual downloaded from the 5G router itself mentions to use the Port forwarding functionality to: "allow external users to services inside the local network (LAN)"

Is there a way to open such ports?

BR,

j

[EssexBoyEE]

I clicked on the link then looked at Routers Option's and Plans and it give me the 35+vat for the SIM Plan less the Router Cost.

But, just to check I put your Link into the Shopping Basket and comes up as £750 + vat plus the 24pm at 190 + vat per month, which is not so good.

Personally I would be sourcing your own 5G Router then give EE Business a call for the FIP SIM Only Plan. 

[jjjlm]

Thanks, will do!

Our current "broadband" is super slow with uplink speeds of less than 1 Mbps. Today when I connected and configured the EE 5G Hub in our network it was a very refreshing update with speeds of around 200 Mbps down and 50 to 60 up.

Will definitely try to get something like that but which allow us to get inbound traffic for VPN.

Best regards,

J.

[EssexBoyEE]

Your welcome J, if you get stuck on the Router Hardware side give me a shout I've evaluated quiet a few of the 5G ones now.

Rgs Chris

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[gazza72]

Bit late for a reply to this - I've been checking for any changes to the EE limitation.

As an FYI - Three supports port-forwarding (their UI for the NR5103E is also more feature rich).

I have the EE 5G router + Three 5G Router configured as Gateways in Pfsense. I use Three for web servers, vpn, etc.. and EE for most other traffic.

The Three router is also significantly cheaper than EE so a great deal for network resiliency if either network is down or busy. I've also found Three is faster but this is area dependent (so may not be relevant to everyone).

You could also rent a VPS from OVH to run a VPN Server then use that public IP tunnel back into your network. I did this before I had the Three router. Another solution is something like Twingate (if you trust Twingate with the keys to your network).