ANSWERED Port Forwarding not working

[LehmannAD 0]

Im a bit confused, when I go to the AirVPN client area, and open a port. I then check if said port is open on one of the many available sites, and that port isn't open.... can anyone explain to me what the hell is going on?

[Staff 10394]

17 hours ago, LehmannAD said:

Im a bit confused, when I go to the AirVPN client area, and open a port. I then check if said port is open on one of the many available sites, and that port isn't open.... can anyone explain to me what the hell is going on?

Hello!

Holy moly whack a moly, from you description the outcome seems correct and expected, apparently (again from your description) you missed entirely to configure and run any listening program, can you clarify?

Kind regards
 

[flugbein 0]

Hey AirVPN - Team,

not OP, but similar problem.
 

I’ve been trying to figure out an error that I get within my setup and I think, it comes down to AirVPN.

I hadn’t tested the forwarded port on the AirVPN - Website but when doing so, I get a „connection timed out (110)“ message, for example for port 55056. (on Desktop!)
On mobile (through the website) I just get „no port open“ (when testing the just opened port).

The server used for testing is in a capital city in Europe.

 

Is something wrong with port forwarding in general or am I doing something wrong?

 

 

Thanks and all the best!

Edited ... by flugbein
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[Staff 10394]

5 hours ago, flugbein said:

tested the forwarded port on the AirVPN - Website but when doing so, I get a „connection timed out (110)“ message, for example for port 55056. (on Desktop!)
On mobile (through the website) I just get „no port open“ (when testing the just opened port).

Hello!

"Connection timed out" sounds expected and correct, just like it was with the OP, since you don't run any listening program according to your description. The only difference here is that "no port open" message means that the device the port is linked to is not connected to the VPN, or no device at all is connected, if the port is linked to "All devices".

Kind regards