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Q: Airport Extreme removes port forward settings every reboot

I have set up various port forward settings on my Airport Extreme from OS X Server. However, every time I reboot the Airport, all port forward settings are lost except Contacts, Calendars, and DNS. It gets very troublesome to constantly readd all my settings in there. Port forwards are the only settings that are lost.

 

Please help!

Posted on Jun 14, 2014 12:00 PM

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Q: Airport Extreme removes port forward settings every reboot

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  • by dwbrecovery,

    dwbrecovery dwbrecovery Jun 15, 2014 9:31 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123
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    Jun 15, 2014 9:31 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123

    I'm not recalling having this type of issue with OS X Server and AE.  ie. many reboots without losing the port forwards.

    Are you running the latest  versions for OS X, Server.app, Airport Utility and AE firmware?

  • by xoxorockoutloud123,

    xoxorockoutloud123 xoxorockoutloud123 Jun 15, 2014 10:33 AM in response to dwbrecovery
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    Jun 15, 2014 10:33 AM in response to dwbrecovery

    Yes I am! Strange to know that I'm the only one this is happening to. Could the router be defective??

  • by dwbrecovery,Helpful

    dwbrecovery dwbrecovery Jun 15, 2014 2:17 PM in response to xoxorockoutloud123
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    Jun 15, 2014 2:17 PM in response to xoxorockoutloud123

    These look interesting.   You might want to try it.

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4070659

    http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/port-forwarding-bug-in-the-latest-versio n-of-apples-airport-utility/

     

    Cheers

  • by dwbrecovery,

    dwbrecovery dwbrecovery Jun 15, 2014 9:22 PM in response to dwbrecovery
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    Jun 15, 2014 9:22 PM in response to dwbrecovery

    I suggest that you keep the rules that are only UDP based and check whether they can remain persistent across reboots?  So delete temporarely the PPTP  TCP port forward.

     

    See how you go?

  • by xoxorockoutloud123,

    xoxorockoutloud123 xoxorockoutloud123 Jun 16, 2014 10:36 AM in response to dwbrecovery
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    Jun 16, 2014 10:36 AM in response to dwbrecovery

    I did this and it still manages to remove all forward ports. Basically, I can not update settings on the AirPort without ports being removed.

  • by dwbrecovery,

    dwbrecovery dwbrecovery Jun 16, 2014 3:39 PM in response to xoxorockoutloud123
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    Jun 16, 2014 3:39 PM in response to xoxorockoutloud123

    One more check to try.

    - After entering the port forwards, take a copy of the AE configuration using  Airport Utility -> File -> Export Configuration File.

    - Once saved use Airport Utility -> Import Configuration file and check the port forwards exist and check whether they are persistent now.

    - You can also check via a Terminal command:   grep 1701 /path/to/filename.baseconfig    which will check that one of the port forwards was saved in the config file.

     

    If the port forwards cannot remain persistent after this check, then it appears the AE is defective.

     

    See how you go

  • by dwbrecovery,

    dwbrecovery dwbrecovery Jun 20, 2014 7:55 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123
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    Jun 20, 2014 7:55 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123

    Any update?  Still have the issue?

  • by xoxorockoutloud123,

    xoxorockoutloud123 xoxorockoutloud123 Jun 22, 2014 10:38 AM in response to dwbrecovery
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    Jun 22, 2014 10:38 AM in response to dwbrecovery

    Ah sorry for not getting back to you. I was on a vacation and didn't have access to the apple page. I went ahead and replaced the router with Apple, because they are very nice about it. It works fine now so I'm going to assume the router was defective itself.

     

    Thanks!!!!

  • by dwbrecovery,

    dwbrecovery dwbrecovery Jun 23, 2014 9:25 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123
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    Jun 23, 2014 9:25 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123

    good to know most likely outcome was a defective AE, thanks

    Does the VPN work now?

  • by jamie.shaw,

    jamie.shaw jamie.shaw Mar 26, 2015 12:33 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123
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    Mar 26, 2015 12:33 AM in response to xoxorockoutloud123

    I'm having the same issue here – running Yosemite 10.10.3 beta with the latest version of OS X Server, Airport Utility and have the latest firmware (7.7.3) installed on my AirPort Extreme (2013).

     

    The exact same entries; DNS, Contacts and Calendar persist after a restart.  Interesting, I've been adding the ports in a specific order (so they appear "grouped").  I managed to get up to 29 entries fine using the "Configure other" option – I was setting up remotely from work.  When I restarted via the AirPort Utility locally, it removed all the entries after Calendar. It's strange that it always seems to happen after Contacts and Calendar.

  • by jamie.shaw,

    jamie.shaw jamie.shaw Mar 26, 2015 3:20 AM in response to jamie.shaw
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    Mar 26, 2015 3:20 AM in response to jamie.shaw

    I found the issue – and it's fairly simple and obviously really.  I'm guessing you were adding the ports from OS X Server in the order they are listed within Server.app (where they are listed in alphabetical order).  After Calendar, Contacts and DNS is "File Sharing".

     

    If this is enabled, whilst File Sharing is enabled on the AirPort Extreme, the port forwarding entry for File Sharing, and anything below is removed.

    Simply disable "File Sharing" from AirPort Utility before continuing (as recommended by Server.app when setting up the service for File Sharing).

     

    I understand you replaced your AE and no longer have the issue – I thought I'd leave the explanation should others encounter it.