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miniterror

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Hi all,

I have a little problem that is affecting a device in my network and breaks some functionality because of it.
Little overview of the network/device, i have a AX-86U as main router downstairs running Merlin 386.3_2, the 2.5Gbit port is connected to a different AX86U in the attic, this unit in the attic is connected as Mesh node.
The mesh node is using Official Asus firmware and i have a static IP assigned for a few devices, the device that is giving me the problem is connected to a switchport of the node in the attic.
My network at home is using the 10.11.12.0/24 network, the device in question has a manual IP assigned, i have a Pihole that functions as DHCP server and this function is turned off on the Asus.
Within the global settings i have UPnP turned off and the port trigger section is turned off.

Now for the problem description, the device im seeying a problem with has a manual IP assigned, this is 10.11.12.250, for this device to work at its best i need to have TCP port 44158 forwarded to the device.
So i have made manual entry for TCP 44158 towards the 10.11.12.250 in the port forwarding section.
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So far everything is working as expected and the device is using port 44158 for its communication, this is visible in the connection log under System log>Connections.
The problem starts when i reboot the device in question and i get a NAT-PMP entry in the System log>port forwarding section for port 44159.
This is also visible in the portal this device connects too that it is using port 44159.
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I am unsure why this NAT-PMP is created but i do not want it to be created.
Is there a way to prevent this from being created?
I have looked at disabling the NAT-PMP but the Asus documentation states i should disable the manual port forwarding section.
This is something i do not want as i have another device that uses a manual port forward.
I have also tried with UPnP turned on, then i get the same behaviour that a UPnP rule is being created for 44159.

When i reboot the router everything is OK again untill i reboot the 10.11.12.250 device.
As the 10.11.12.250 does frmware updates and reboots after a firmware update this has plagues me for a little bit now.
Hope some one has the solution for this in my opinion problem.

Regards,
Mini
 

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This is a really non-obvious interaction with another GUI setting that IIRC has been mentioned before.

Just turning off UPnP on the WAN page does not actually turn it off. Great. :rolleyes: You also have to go to Adaptive QoS > QoS and turn off Enable GeForce NOW QoS UPnP control as well.
 
Thank you verry much, this indeed resolved my problem.
Pretty weird to use 2 different UPnP processes, i have QoS turned off so i never look there.
 

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