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RottenApple wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:17 pm

Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:29 pm Well, the problem is solved, but this is interesting. If I run a port check from one of the many websites, the ports I opened in the Tenda router show to be blocked. However, when I run a "port check" in the software I need to use, the check shows all five ports to be "ok" meaning they are open.

Thanks folks.
Chas.

Charles,

Ports work both ways: Inbound and Outbound. Port 80 (standard HTTP port) is open for outbound traffic by default. But that same port (80), will also be closed to inbound traffic by default. When you checked from "one of the many websites", they were testing the inbound access of the ports. But when you "run a "port check" in the software", it's only looking at outbound access. In effect, each port has 2 settings (one of each):

Inbound (outside your network to inside your network):
In-Allow (WAN-LAN Allow)
In-Deny (WAN-LAN Deny)
In-Drop (WAN-LAN Drop)

Outbound (inside your network to outside your network):
Out-Allow (LAN-WAN Allow)
Out-Deny (LAN-WAN Deny)
Out-Drop (LAN-WAN Drop)

If a site outside your network shows a port is blocked, then that would be In-Deny. If the software (which is inside your network) shows that the same port is open, then that would be Out-Allow.

• 1. Added the ports (port forwarding) in the Tenda router;
  2. Opened the ports on Windows Defender Firewall
  3. Added a "rule" to Norton allowing traffic through the ports.