TechSpider Port Forwarding | Foundry VTT | Page 1

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:01 AM

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Alright, first thing I'll have you do is open Foundry, go to the Configuration screen, and untick the box that says Enable UPnP.

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:02 AM

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Done.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:02 AM

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Then we'll check your firewall, lemme go ~~steal~~ copy Gen's blurb

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press the windows key on your keyboard
type defender
select Windows Defender Firewall
click Advanced Settings on the left, then Inbound rules

How many rules do you see for Foundry?

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:03 AM

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4 for Foundry itself, then 2 for an .exe version. All...are Private.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:04 AM

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Delete them all, then do the following

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Search for Powershell in your start menu, right-click it, Run As Administrator, and run this command
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Foundry Port' -Profile 'Any' -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 30000

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:05 AM

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Deleted.

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Copy/pasted...and ran.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:06 AM

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Did it spit out red text? If not that's good

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:06 AM

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No, it's all white text.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:06 AM

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Good

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Keep that powershell window open, we'll get a closer look at your network to determine what we'll need to do for port forwarding

lethal lanternBOT Jan 25, 2023, 2:06 AM

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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.

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:07 AM

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M'kay.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:07 AM

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I'm not worried about the CGNAT part, this trace shows us what's between your computer and your ISP as well as checking for CGNAT. Which is very helpful for our next steps

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:11 AM

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I only took an intro to programming class, so a lot of this still sounds like quasi sorcery to me.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:13 AM

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No worries, you just need to run that command and get the screenshot like the instructions say 🙂

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:14 AM

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Oh, screenshot. Gimme sec, then.

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wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:15 AM

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Copy and paste the following, then press enter
tracert -h 5 (curl https://ifconfig.me/ip -UseBasicParsing); tracert 8.8.8.8

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Then once you see the second Trace Complete message, get a screenshot of the whole thing

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:16 AM

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OH wait, the second one.

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It paused for a moment before doing more. Sorry.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:16 AM

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All good

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:17 AM

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There

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:19 AM

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Thanks, we're checking it now

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Ok, shouldn't be terrible. You'll need to download and install the Comcast app on your phone, and log into that

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:20 AM

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Ah yes. I should've known. Comcast.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:21 AM

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You do appear to be suffering from them, you have my condolences

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Once you're in, let me know and I'll let you know where to go and what to enter

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:28 AM

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Got it.

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All logged in. Where to, cap'n?

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:29 AM

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Connect -> Select your network -> More Options -> Advanced Settings -> Port Forwarding -> Add Port Forward

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:30 AM

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Got to Port Forward.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:30 AM

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There should be an option to Add Port Forward somewhere on there. Select that, then select your computer from the device list

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Then Manual Setup

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:31 AM

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Okay, got it.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:31 AM

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Alright, can you get a screenshot of what you see there?

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:31 AM

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wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:32 AM

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Port Number: 30000
Protocol: TCP

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Then hit Next

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:33 AM

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Just TCP, correct? Not the TCP/UDP?

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Says it added the port forward.

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:35 AM

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Yes, and awesome

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Launch Foundry and then launch you rworld, and see if your connection shows up as green

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:35 AM

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Aha! It is!

wary jasper Jan 25, 2023, 2:36 AM

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party_blob

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You should be set then

round sierra Jan 25, 2023, 2:36 AM

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Wunderbar, thank you so much! I appreciate the guided help.

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It means a lot.

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