Unable to get firewall to stop blocking specifc ports

JLHSolutions
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Unable to get firewall to stop blocking specifc ports

I have the Meraki MX67 Security appliance and I configured a port forwarding rule to allow a specific port to go to a specific client IP address. But I am unable to access this client remotely. When I am using the internal LAN IP and port number, it works. But when I try my WAN IP and Port number, it just spins and finally times out. I don't know what the issue is. This is my first go with Meraki products and I thought it would be easier and more secure than off the store items, but apparently its not. I tried setting up a Layer 3 rule, but that didn't work either. Then I tried a 1:1 NAT rule, but that didn't solve it either. I have been reading thru all the different pages that come up when I google this. 

Hopefully someone here can tell me what I need to do to get this port open so I can access my device remotely.

Thanks!

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Brash
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What is your WAN IP address? Does it look like 100.x.x.x?
If so, you might be behind CG-NAT

 

Yes my WAN IP looks like that. What is CG-NAT?

Brash
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CG-NAT (Carrier Grade NAT) is when instead of giving you a true Public IP address, the ISP has given you an 'private IP'.
It allows the ISP to NAT multiple customer's onto a single Public IP address.

One of the limitations of this is that end customer's cannot perform port-forwarding, as they do not have a dedicated Public IP address for their service.

You will need to contact the ISP to request a static public IP be assigned directly to you. (This may require additional costs and will require an outage of some length during the transition).


A longer but better explanation of CG-NAT can be found at the following link
What is Carrier Grade NAT (draytek.co.uk)

BlakeRichardson
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If the device you are connection to is a Windows device have you set a remote device scope in your Windows firewall?

 

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It is a Zimaboard that runs CasaOS. I am trying to set up a little automation server that I can access remotely. 

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