Port Mapping (Port Forwarding) a Range of Ports - ISSUE

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Port Mapping (Port Forwarding) a Range of Ports - ISSUE

I am trying to forward a range of ports (7001 - 7003) on my AEBSn, and when I go to test the open ports, only 7001 shows as open; 7002 and 7003 show as closed.

In the Port Mapping tab, I have tried using the following configurations in the public and private UDP and TCP Ports:
7001, 7002, 7003 (spaces)
7001,7002,7003 (no spaces)
7001 - 7003 (spaces)
7001-7003 (no spaces)

I've also tried to do them individually as their own port mapped profile
7001
7002
7003

Each time, I test with either Network Utility from a remote system or with http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ and each only show that 7001 is open.

I've also tried changing the port ranges (6483 - 6485) and I get the same results.

Has anyone had any luck getting around this issue or getting port mapping to work with a range?

MacBook Pro, iMac, MacMini, Mac OS X (10.6.6), None

Posted on Feb 4, 2011 9:30 AM

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Tranman101 Author

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Feb 4, 2011 10:33 AM in response to Tranman101

Turns out it is the software that is blocking the subsequent IP addresses, and not an issue with the AEBSn.

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Tesserax

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Feb 4, 2011 10:48 AM in response to Tranman101

When mapping ports with the AirPorts, the following should be adhered to:

o Each field can handle a single number or a range of numbers, separated by a hyphen.
o You can also enter multiple number or range of numbers, separated by a comma. Spaces placed before or after the commas do not matter.
o The ports identified must be of equal quantity from field to field. That is, if you identify 3 ports in the Public field, there must be 3 ports identified in the Private field ... although they can be totally different port numbers.

Thus, in your example, all of the following should work:

o 7001,7002,7003
o 7001, 7002, 7003
o 7001-7003

, but 7001 - 7003 would not.

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