Home Internet Port Forwarding working in 2021?

I found this alternative to PureVPN. Working great so far and free: https://www.twingate.com/blog/twingate-starter-setup/

Check out Zero Tier One

I ditched TMHI because of this issue. However, I may in fact sign up for it again because I’m running Zero Tier One, which allows the same type of tunneling as Anydesk, but ZT1 is not a remote desktop program. Zero Tier One basically creates a LAN between devices anywhere, so they show up as if they are in the same local network. The setup is extremely, boneheadedly simple. If you’re trying to basically set up a home VPN server, I recommend Zero Tier One. I haven’t tested it on TMHI, but it should work just fine.

Regarding the lack of port forwarding, I put the camera images onto an Android tablet that is also running “Anydesk”.  When away from home, using my cell phone that also has the ‘Anydesk’ ap, I can connect to the tablet computer at home and see the camera images. It’s slower than I like, but it works.  However, I also have internet switches in the house, as well as a Wifi garage door opener, and a Wifi controlled AC unit and this will be hard to do with the same approach.  If Anydesk can punch through the T-Mobile network, a VPN can also, I’m assuming. Will try this next. So much time has been blown on this... I’ll probably return the unit.

Checked again tonight. At this point I believe that the tech support people knowingly lied, and that they don’t have any plans to implement port forwarding. I’m ditching the TMHI.

Have the Arcadyn (square) gateway.  No port forwarding, no nat, no dmz no bridging.  I even tried using VPN on my router for my ip cameras, no luck.  Really want to keep TMHI but may be stuck with $pectrum for 3 times the price.

They gave me the run-around when I had the trash can also, they said to wait for the new modem (square) but it still didn’t have NAT/Port Forwarding or DMZ  (any would be great)

thanks

I checked that evening, and there was no new firmware loaded. I will check again tonight and let you know

Any updates?

Yesterday I called T-Mobile to inform them I’ll be canceling their service because port forwarding is not available. Long story short they acknowledged that they can’t do port forwarding and gave me instructions to cancel the service and return the trash can.

They called back later and said that they are just now pushing out a firmware update that will allow port forwarding!

He said to leave the unit on for the next 12-24 hours and I should see port forwarding available in the configuration options.

I checked 12 hrs later and there was no firmware update. Will check again later and let you all know.

Watching and waiting for this

What’s the deal here I can’t PORT FORWARD?  Has this been fixed I can’t find PORT FORWARDING on my router, please advise!!

T-Mobile…

We need a solution.  Even a reverse proxy would be a great start.  I need to get off of this Spectrum garbage.

Thank You

If you play GTAO you're going to be playing empty lobbies. At first there will be some players then all of a sudden a flood of So-and-So Has Left until you're the only one. It's great if all you want is to run supplies and such.

I also have Verizon's wifi internet. While slower, you can configure it like another router, port forwarding and all.

Recently got the trashcan and it’s a big improvement in down and up speed over my previous ISP. However, when playing certain games the issue of ports started to come up. With Destiny 2 I now have strict NAT type and has limited the amount of people who I can play with. While playing Terraria multiplayer I cannot connect to my friend on steam. I imagine there are other games where this may cause a problem. 

I tried looking up solutions but as you all know you cannot port forward in the settings. Tried opening up ports in firewall and and network settings on PC but haven’t had any luck. 

I saw some saying to connect the trashcan through a router and port forward that way? Is this something that works?

Fulling running on Fedora 35 - see below attached. Proxy / File Share / Network access / VPN all run for all bands - I’ll send SS of the cli MOD once I have all the bugs done

Connected to all TV’s / Roku / 3 Cloud Drives / Local Cloud / Remote Server over VPN / Spit IP for multiple access - connected to a VM run on my other computer and file transfers as well

should work for most situations -

Next steps - win / android debugs

gui app build - final

beta release CLI

beta release gui

G-Play stable ver

Got it running and managing 4g / LTE bands on linux and Win10/11 - working on android config now. CLI tool should be 100% for beta in next 1-3 days - just finishing the 5g work tonight

It’s a 3 part tool - monitoring, network configuration, ip/ban config/fall over

written in c mainly, user interaction and T-M gui extensibility is in python - flask takes on the gui and api work, C-Make will handle the binaries and executable-  looking for a consistent CI/CD w/ wrapper integration before finishing the build repo for public view on github. 

I’m close to an initial mod release - this was a bit more then  I originally thought but I’m glad it seems to be able to do a bit more as far a as firmware access on the device as well. So if you are the network admin type or want to set up a local bug log to find isolated issue to your configuration - this should be simple setting to configure and an easy setting add-on for the gui. I’ll update again shortly - TY 

I needed to access a very basic web server and a DVR at my business. With my current provider was very slow and unreliable so bought this home internet gateway. I setup a ddwrt router behind the gateway with Purevpn service and got an outside ip address to the router. The web server port was set at 80 and received the requests from the remote pc browser but getting packets back to the browser fails as they are not in sequence and results in dropped packets. I tested this as I connected the same setup to my home internet and was able to access the web page from my phone. Conclusion is the t-mobile service either drops packets or forwards the in wrong sequence.

UPDATE: Completed network monitor and reboot capability for KDV21 models - working out Nokia, fall over and band auto-selection is jumpy, working out the systemctl and sysconfig monitor necessary to overlap dis/connection timing that avoids loss but can avoid looping. I’m using py, c++, and bash - at this point- this will allow all Linux, Android, and WinOS to work with the tool, I’m going to attempt to keep this consistent throughout the build to offer a one time release to most users and maintain consistency for updates.

Repo is being set-up, building now.

Next steps:

PHP config library and db on GCP to QA known configurations of APN’s, Ban’s, by region to TM cell towers. Looking for 80% ^ before leaving QA to move to further capabilities/ML and will start the GUI in the mean time.

Post library:

Api and wrapper/installer for the GUI. This will handle the packaging, delivery, and CI/CD for the released application.

Expected outcomes after QA pass:

Looking at maybe 24-48hr for a CLI beta, 48-72hr before an app GUI (based on QA testing), and will run the beta until 90%+ over 72hr live before a ‘stable’ build fork to commit over to Google Play or other app stores for free download. 

All my best, KS

UPDATE to prev reply: Configured a script to access and monitor the network / cell tower connectivity and working on the optimization / fall over logic.

Abstracting the APN’s to available devices offered TM-End-Users and segmenting the tower mapping at TM is the second step, I will auto configure a suitable automation for router, ip, net, sub … etc … in php next, this will provide the base QA testing I will preform on GCP to ‘ping’ alternate cell towers, by alternating alias (apn/vpn/multi...etc) configurations, isolated to different regions in US (to start). If I can isolate and debug those issues in the logic of the back-end, I’ll construct a GUI - built mobile first of course, to access the beta and I can do a live run - I’ll continue to update devOp’s as I move forward.

For those interested in that beta - please let me know, don’t release your personal information here, I will link an open repo where you can help me continue through-out the process along with appropriate documentation and ways to post issues and offer suggestions.

The overall aim is to offer a optional software that can be individually configured, modified, or at a novice level - utilized to auto-detect the appropriate network configuration and assignment for the issues facing the Nok/Kdv Gateway’s and there Network connections to multiple Bans’ on a variety of devices. Done so, in a simple and predictable manner based on the users device - or overridden by custom instruction. Third, by monitoring the tower signals - provide fall over to the best band for the users needs and without mis-configuring that connectivity, periodically looking to elevate or change to improve, unless overridden.

Most importantly- Security - Will at first require logs be native to the device until proper encryption and protocols can be established - this will be accessible and customizable if you require it to do so by stable, bare in mind - I do not plan on creating alternatives or documenting the process of how to do so, until considering a “stable” release. So please, if you would like to beta test - for now, keep this in mind, until further developments are made - the standard encryption/security provided - will be the only one of focus of me or those on the build team - when and if we start testing a published software to the public. Further more - any Beta or Nightly application should be considered ‘unstable’ no matter who or what it is referring to - if you find that undesirable please await a more developed version before asking questions about the build to those working on it.

Lastly, for anyone not familiar with open-source software, most if not all of us do this kind of thing for free, maintain at our own cost, and have lives - I hope it helps you, but will not guarantee the modification will be ideal for every person using TM - they have the massive infrastructure … I’m a nerd from NJ … maintainers will be nice nerds from (somewhere) … please, ask / complain respectfully, we will do our best to provide a solution.

KS

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Hey - read through these posts, ngrok was my first thought.

I’m just getting started on this - I only started on T-Mobile 2 weeks ago and the issue is just as described.

I can possibly containerize the software I write if it solves the issue, if I can, I will release to opensource and provide a link, but it seems straight forward. Dependencies would be basic for linux and android users - I am on the dev community for Win11 where I’ll work with others for a Win10/11 thread to begin working on a conversion if need be - ngrok works on both operation systems, my only unknowns as of now is Google/Apple - but I have dev accounts there as well and can begin the threads appropriately but wouldn’t be able to personally advise on the issue of app creation unless I really dedicate the time.

I’ll keep this as the main thread until I finish development or run into a major issue, for the release of any application I will begin a new thread with the application download / docs / issues page and provide a link to this thread here . That will keep this organized. If issues occur from there, appropriate arrangements will be instructed on how to contact me on the repos where I make it available and reach out to the developer community at TM about forking the repo to theirs as well. 

Give me some time - my schedule is pretty tight but tonight I will more then likely have mine correctly configured - from there I’ll plan the build appropriately and build a repo where you can follow the progress I make - as I make it and ask question or leave comments. I don’t expect an initial release for Linux distros / Android 10/11/12 - to be longer the 1-2wks max for a stable version. Others will need to be patient as I work with other developers on the issue on other operating systems, I doubt they would be much more complex, but I need to develop it in c++ or another basic OOL to abstract it to API’s that can then work with delivery systems that are, as well, cross platform compatible. Java will be the answer there as I know AirBnB and Moz have java engine extensions to other C like networking languages for Apple and Gentoo distro’s like Google’s Chrome OS.

Please be patient - I in know way am associated with T-Mobile, just a customer. I love to solve problems - this seems like a good place to start anyway. If I hit bottlenecks or anything that will disrupt the development process, I will update here so no one keeps there hopes up too long.

All my best - KS

No port forwarding is definitely and issue.   I was told to add a router behind the trashcan modem.

If your not technical here are so features you might want in your router.

• Wif 6 - Wi-Fi 6 promises faster performance, better battery life for your mobile devices, and less bandwidth congestion.
• VLAN - virtual LAN is any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer.
•  Dual Band or Tri-brand -  dual-band routers broadcast two separate signals, tri-band routers broadcast three different signals. Essentially, they're hosting three different Wi-Fi networks at once
• 802.11ac and Mu-MIMO- 802.11ac is an evolutionary improvement to 802.11n.
  One of the goals of 802.11ac is to deliver higher levels
  of performance that are commensurate with Gigabit
  Ethernet networking:  Multi-user, multiple-input, multiple-output technology
• H.323 and SIP Support - fully supports video and data conferencing.
• Wired/Wireless
• QoS - Quality of service (QoS) is the use of mechanisms or technologies that work on a network to control traffic and ensure the performance of critical applications with limited network capacity. It enables organizations to adjust their overall network traffic by prioritizing specific high-performance applications.
• Port Forwarding or Mapping:  UDP ports 5060 and 5070 to allow for full functionality for VoIP phones  

New Gateway coming in the future: Arcadyan KVD2 but port forwarding may still not be an option.

Even the new “Arcadian” modem has nothing new EXCEPT, you can now do schedules for devices… WTF, no one wanted this!? We want Port Forwarding, and static/reserved IP Addressing..

I just got a 4G modem with a hotspot sim.  It worked great at first, but then I figured out that nothing could connect back in.  I’ve read some of the posts above and it looks like some people have gotten around the problem with VPN.  I understand that the IPv4 addresses are scarce and this is behind an IPv4 NAT, so we never get to see the real IP address.

I was wondering if they could just assign everybody a static IPv6 address.  There is no shortage of those.  I think I could probably work with that.

I got this as a replacement for cable.  So its starting to look like I’ll have to call the cable guy up and apologize for all the nasty names I called him.