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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:07 PM

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@carmine seal Threading for readability

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:07 PM

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shy acorn <@420371149109854208> Threading for readability

Thank you honestly.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:07 PM

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De nada

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Alright, let's just continue under the assumption that the ISP did it right (unfortunately no promises I can make here though)

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:08 PM

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That's okay - I'm trying to figure out how to do it through my "router" because it's a sspecial router called a Homepass which uses an app.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:08 PM

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Have you already checked if a local connection from a different device works?

Can be tested by opening the local invite link Foundry shows on a second device on the same local network

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Could be a phone on wifi, or a second computer

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:11 PM

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Okay - I haven't since my husband tried that in the very beginning before we used Ngrok and before I knew anything about foundry.

So this would be trying to open an invite link say - on my husbands computer - though would it need to be connected to the same router? We have two (original fiber router doesn't have 2.4Ghz wifi band that we needed for our smart lights).

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I'm sorry - I'm very unintelligent with this stuff. :/

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My Laptop is connected both to the wifi which comes from the 2nd router - and the 1st router via ethernet.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:13 PM

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Don't be sorry, nobody was born knowing about networking :p

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:13 PM

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Thank you!
Breathes

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:15 PM

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On the second device, type the local link off exactly as you see it, so something like http://192.168.40.XYZ:30000/ replacing XYZ with the appropriate shown number in Foundry of course

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(Assuming you havent changed the port Foundry wants to use, but I guess that'd be a no)

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:18 PM

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(Give me a moment - I just realized my ethernet isn't working from my internet after they reset it.)

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:22 PM

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Is the other computer connected to the same router as yours via wifi? Then it would currently be easier if you aren't connected to a different router via ethernet

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:25 PM

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I can connect it to the (Lets call it Homepass [HP] Router and TP LINK) HP router which is the ISPs equipment and fiber line which is currently putting out a wifi signal but nothing through the ethernet.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:26 PM

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By it you mean Foundry?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:27 PM

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((Thus the TP Link isn't getting net to disperse because it's connected to HP router via ethernet.))

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:27 PM

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shy acorn By it you mean Foundry?

IT = other computer.

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Sorry for the non clarification.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:27 PM

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So other computer can connect to your Foundry via the local invite link?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:27 PM

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Not sure, let me check. Hadn't gotten that far yet. :/

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:27 PM

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No rush

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:29 PM

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shy acorn On the second device, type the local link off exactly as you see it, so somethin...

So to find this I'd launce the Foundry app, log into a game and find the "Invite link"?

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:30 PM

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Correct

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Or if you know your computer's IP address, you can just use that

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:32 PM

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The connection has timed out - but I think it was using the port from Ngrok.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:32 PM

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Whats the local IP address shown in the Invite link dialog?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:33 PM

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Yea I think we changed the port to 30000 for Ngrok

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:33 PM

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For the local link?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:33 PM

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My ngrok .exe is 30000 - that was the invite link it gave for the game I loaded.

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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:34 PM

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Launch a world, go to the right sidebar under sidebarsettings look for the entry named Invitation Links

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That pops up a window containing both a local and an internet invite link

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What does it have for the local invite link?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:35 PM

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Oh! Let me check that I might have missed the second link :/

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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:36 PM

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Gee thanks router :')

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That's squarely your external IP

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Alright, open a powershell again and hold for a second :')

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:37 PM

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Wouldn't that address change if I changed the port number on the previous picture I sent?

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Okay. Will do.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:39 PM

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The Port would change, but that's not part of the IP address

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Run Get-NetIPAddress | Select-Object IPAddress, InterfaceAlias please and share the results

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:39 PM

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Oh

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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:42 PM

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Fascinating, it actually has that address via Ethernet...

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Regardless, try http://192.168.40.58:30000/ on the second device please

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Seeing the Foundry login screen is adequate enough for this test

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:43 PM

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Testing

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Was able to see Foundry Login Screen for game.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:44 PM

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Sweet, so at least there's no other things in terms of firewalls we have to bother with for now

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:45 PM

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YAY! owlbearmissiles

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:45 PM

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Alright, if you'd unplug ethernet you'd still have internet, correct?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:46 PM

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Yes.

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Have not reset equipment to see if that resets my ethernet.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:48 PM

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Nah, no bother right now, please unplug Ethernet and run the following in Powershell again tracert 8.8.8.8 so I can crystal ball what we need to do next :')

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Haven't really groked your network setup yet, this helps

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:48 PM

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Okay. I have done that already - let me run the command.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:49 PM

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I know, but we changed slightly how your computer gets to the internet now

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:49 PM

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Oh no - sorry I'm bad at speaking sometimes and English IS my first language. I meant I had unplugged the ethernet cable already.

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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:50 PM

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Okay, less terrible than I expected 😂

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Can you connect to http://192.168.40.1 ?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:50 PM

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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:51 PM

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https://192.168.40.1 maybe?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:51 PM

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Same response.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:51 PM

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Dear lord do I hate ISPs...

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So about that app you mentioned..

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:51 PM

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Yes. I figured out how to get to "Port Forwarding" following this website.

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https://armstrongonewire.com/Support/Internet/Articles/PortForwardingPlumeApp

Setting up Port Forwarding in the HomePass® App - Armstrong

Port forwarding allows you to open specific ports in the router’s firewall which are needed by some services to communicate to devices on your network.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:52 PM

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Sweet, saves me the trouble going looking for that myself 😂

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:52 PM

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I didn't do anything to it just saw the words and left it.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:52 PM

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if it loaded anyway :')

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:52 PM

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Aw shucks. Lol

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:53 PM

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Where are you located? Very roughly? US?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:53 PM

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Yes, US.

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I can Screen cap if it's not loading.

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This is all the info on that webpage anyway.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:54 PM

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Aye fair enough, thanks

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Well, let's do exactly that

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I'll feed you things to put

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I hope anyway :')

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:55 PM

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Okay ^_^ Thank you!

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:56 PM

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I assume/hope in the Advanced settings it offers to create an IP reservation?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:56 PM

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I clicked on New IP Reservation > Gives me the option to add manually or shows all of our devices connected to the internet.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:56 PM

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Alright, do you find the device where you run FOundry on there?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:57 PM

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Where I run it yes - my laptop. Though I don't see my husbands PC on the list.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:58 PM

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You intend to continue hosting on your PC though?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 5:58 PM

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Yes, but he also hosts on his PC.

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I'd need both PCs to be able to host.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 5:59 PM

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Ok, let's get yours hopefully going first and if that works adapt the setup to account for the 2nd host

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So select your device first and add/create/save the reservation (whichever the app wants you to do)

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Or if you can just select your device and see the "Open Port" option that works as well for us

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:03 PM

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shy acorn Ok, let's get yours hopefully going first and if that works adapt the setup to a...

Okay - I planned on figuring it out with my laptop and replicating it with his PC if possible.

I See...

Nickname: Laptop-4D0F43G8
IP Address: 192.168.40.58
MAC Address: 14:f6:d8:14:fa:4b

Port Assignments
"Add A Port Assignment" (Grey - won't let me press it)

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:04 PM

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Welp

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:04 PM

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Does that mean they didn't make it where I can port forward with THEIR router? (She wasn't sure)

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:04 PM

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The app sure as hell thinks you can't then I guess

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The router rebooted earlier you said, after your call to the ISP and their promise that you can forward now?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:05 PM

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Yes and that's when the ethernet dropped.

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I was on the phone with her when she reset it and that's when I ran the second test and posted it in the channel.

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I can try resetting it again and see if it needed to be redone again?

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:07 PM

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Try force closing and restarting the app first

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Maybe that needs to be aware of the fact

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:08 PM

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Okay

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I forced the app closed and it didn't change.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:11 PM

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(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:11 PM

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:/

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:11 PM

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That kinda stonewalls us here :')

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:11 PM

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Want me to try resetting the whole system now - and failing that calling the ISP back?

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:12 PM

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I wouldn't bother resetting everything, I'd go straight to the ISP and asking them why their (stupid) app that they shipped with their (stupid) router doesn't think you should be allowed to forward ports which their rep promised you could now

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Up to you to leave the parentheses in or not :')

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(And yea, I'm very aware this sucks, it generally shouldn't be and isn't this annoying to forward ports)

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Lol okay. I'll contact them and respond here when I've got an answer. No worries. Thank you for the help so far.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Anytime

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:48 PM

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Okay apparently the ISP has to enter the ports that I want to forward - so I've got to tell them the numbers.

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:48 PM

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🙄 facepalmpicard

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TCP-Port: 30000 internal and external

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To this device: IP Address: 192.168.40.58

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:49 PM

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Would I be able to use the same thing with my husbands PC or would I need to grab his IP Address as well?

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So we can do this all on one phone call :/

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:50 PM

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carmine seal Would I be able to use the same thing with my husbands PC or would I need to gra...

Since a port can only be port forwarded once, you'd need to have your husbands Foundry run on a different port than 30000, say 30001 and use that then

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:50 PM

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carmine seal

So on your husbands Foundry installation you'll want to change this to 30001

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:50 PM

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Okay

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:51 PM

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And then have them forward
TCP Port 30001 internal and external to your husbands PC

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Which hopefully also has an IP address in the 192.168.40.XYZ range

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Do you have access to his machine right now?

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:52 PM

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Yes. His IP per google is: 64.127.136.185

shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:52 PM

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Please open a powershell on his machine as well and run Get-NetIPAddress | Select-Object IPAddress, InterfaceAlias

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If you see an address starting with 192.168.40 have them forward port 30001 to that address

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 6:54 PM

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shy acorn Jun 12, 2023, 6:54 PM

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192.168.40.54

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 7:03 PM

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Working on getting things fixed with the ISP.

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Now they've messed it up where I dont even have internet now 🤦‍♀️

carmine seal Jun 12, 2023, 11:07 PM

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Uh so I figured out how to add a port Assignment while I'm waiting on them to fix the connection to my other router

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Just an update - got the port forwarding working - Now I just got to get them to make it where I can use my own device now which >.<
Thank you for all your help.

shy acorn Jun 13, 2023, 2:00 PM

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Port Forwarding works and makes Foundry reachable?

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Nice :)

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