banana

[cold raptor]

Sure

[light spruce]

thank you

i have stuff open but i am multi tasking, so it will take me a minute to respond

[cold raptor]

Does your invite window show a green checkmark or a red x next to the internet invite link?

[light spruce]

no

it's red

again sorry i should respond faster now

[cold raptor]

Alright, can you connect to the local invite link from another device on your network, like a phone on wifi?

[light spruce]

uhh i do not have somthing to do that but what does it test? as my internet is fine

[cold raptor]

It tests whether a firewall or other security software is blocking connections on the local network already

Or a common misconfiguration of windows networking

But sure, we can test the internet side first

[bleak nexus]

Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT)

CGNAT is a service used by ISPs to decrease the number of IPv4 addresses their networks use. It places an additional router outside the customer's own network and provides them with an internal IPv4 address provided by the company. This often prevents incoming connections on numerous ports.

Confirming the presence of CGNAT

To confirm you are affected by CG NAT, use one of the following commands:

Windows 10: open a powershell window and use the following command
tracert -h 5 (curl https://ifconfig.me/ip -UseBasicParsing); tracert 8.8.8.8

Mac/Linux: open a terminal and use the following command
traceroute -m 5 $(curl -4 ifconfig.io); traceroute 8.8.8.8

After the command has completed, please post a screenshot here with the results so a troubleshooter can interpret them.

[light spruce]

ok i have a question

[cold raptor]

Sure?

[light spruce]

so

i saw a video tha's about just adding my router with password

again sorry im multitasking rn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMoBAM7Pwo

i watched this and got confused

[cold raptor]

I'm not sure what "adding your router" means and I'm not going to watch a 15min video to find out

[light spruce]

ok

[cold raptor]

See the above request for diagnostic data

[light spruce]

the cliffnotes are, the x s because i need to connect my router to the pc and open it to foundery

[cold raptor]

That is mostly correct. You need to forward the port Foundry uses on your router to your hosting computer to make Foundry internet accessible.

Sweet..that looks good so far

While you're in that Powershell window run the following command

[light spruce]

traceroute -m 5 $(curl -4 ifconfig.io); traceroute 8.8.8.8 this one

[cold raptor]

Get-NetConnectionProfile | Select-Object NetworkCategory

Does it report Public or Private back?

[light spruce]

publix

[cold raptor]

Run Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private

[cold raptor]

Ok, close Powershell, press win, search for powershell, rightclick the icon and select run as administrator

And then rerun the command

[light spruce]

what does it do?

and it has a pin and i cant find my admin pin as of now

so give me time and i can do it, but i would also like to know what priviteising it work

[cold raptor]

Tell windows that your network isn't a public access wifi so that it doesn't hide your computer from other devices in the network

Other devices like your router

[light spruce]

so it's just setting up network instead of internet

because im just trying to get a green checkmark and be able to invite my friends

[cold raptor]

Yes, your local network is between you and the internet

[light spruce]

ok 1 second

ok what command again i got the password

[cold raptor]

Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private

[light spruce]

1 sec need a drink

[cold raptor]

Sweet

In a perfect world, that was already enough, try restarting Foundry and see if the checkmark appeared

In a not perfect world, we have to setup manual portforwarding in your router still

[light spruce]

checking

sad

[cold raptor]

Do you have access to your routers web interface?

[light spruce]

idk

[cold raptor]

Try http://192.168.1.1

[light spruce]

it says not private

[cold raptor]

Advanced - Continue to

[light spruce]

it say connecnted

but i have model and all that

[cold raptor]

okay, thats good i'll need that to look up its manual

[light spruce]

ok

[cold raptor]

Does it require you to login?

[light spruce]

what do i check for that

cause it dosnt look like that when scanning over it

[cold raptor]

Can you share a screenshot of what you see?

Can you show the entire screen?

[light spruce]

that is

all the text

[cold raptor]

Unfortunately Spectrum blocks the EU (and thus me) from visiting their homepage, so I'm afraid I can't help you any further here

[light spruce]

so what do i do

[crimson comet]

I would recommend installing the spectrum app which should allow you to port forward. If you can't from there then give spectum a call. Since you are on their equipment they are ultimately going to be the one to fix it if you can't make it work

[light spruce]

how would i port forward on phone?

[cold raptor]

Through the Spectrum app that connects to your router.

[crimson comet]

The spectrum app connects to your router and sets up the rule. It's to "make it easier"

[crimson comet]

Narrator: It doesn't

[light spruce]

ok i will download

what would i have to do once its installed

or does it tell me

[crimson comet]

I can't see your app, so I'm not sure. You could give spectrum a call if you can't find a spot in the app