New AC86U - how to open ports?!

[Big_AL]

Got my new AC86U today, it's replacing my old AC87U. Off the bat - it's fantasic - I can't believe the huge jump in perfomance even on the latest stock FW. Like night and day. I used to get speeds of about 20Mbps at the end of my garden, I now get close to line speed of my ISP.....like 204Mps - truly amazing. It seems to bash through the walls of my old victorian brick house effortlessly.

All good execpt for the fact that I cannot open ports - 88 and 80 for my IP cameras. I have applied the same settings in my portforwading config in the new AC86U - rebooted countless times, to no avaial. Has anyone got any hints for me please?

 

[OzarkEdge]

Got my new AC86U today, it's replacing my old AC87U. Off the bat - it's fantasic - I can't believe the huge jump in perfomance even on the latest stock FW. Like night and day. I used to get speeds of about 20Mbps at the end of my garden, I now get close to line speed of my ISP.....like 204Mps - truly amazing. It seems to bash through the walls of my old victorian brick house effortlessly.

All good execpt for the fact that I cannot open ports - 88 and 80 for my IP cameras. I have applied the same settings in my portforwading config in the new AC86U - rebooted countless times, to no avaial. Has anyone got any hints for me please?

I don't know, but I'm wondering if UPnP must be disabled. And cycle power on the cams for good measure just to chase away any new network gremlins.

Good to hear you like the 86U... I can pickup up a tiny 2.4 connection from about a 1/4 mile away if the wind is right.

OE

 

[Big_AL]

Thanks for the reply - I managed to experiment with other ports and found some that worked so all good!

 

[OzarkEdge]

Thanks for the reply - I managed to experiment with other ports and found some that worked so all good!

That may make sense... aren't low ports likely already assigned and used for something? 80 for the web http and 88 for Kerberos(?)

OE

 

[Big_AL]

That may make sense... aren't low ports likely already assigned and used for something? 80 for the web http and 88 for Kerberos(?)

OE

Must be, I used some very obscre numbers and it seemed to work

 

[OzarkEdge]

Must be, I used some very obscre numbers and it seemed to work

I've never opened ports. I guess if you open a port, security now depends on the network client using that port?

OE

 

[ColinTaylor]

I guess if you open a port, security now depends on the network client using that port?

It would depend on the network server running on that port.

 

[OzarkEdge]

It would depend on the network server running on that port.

Which could be a simple IoT device like a camera?

Sorry for the basic question... I should go read up on this!

OE

 

[ColinTaylor]

Which could be a simple IoT device like a camera?

Indeed. Like where the camera is running its own mini web server so people can access it remotely. Or undocumented Telnet servers, see Mirai.