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Old January 15th, 2019
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Originally Posted by evil4ever View Post
I already tried all of that :/
My router's firewall doesn't have any settings, just an Enable/Disable function.
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How about the virtual server section? https://portforward.com/tp-link/tl-wr940n/

(portforward.com did not have this specific model on the TP-Link list but I found it via google. Not the first time this has happened, it's happened a few times. I presume they sometimes forget to add new models to the main list.)

This is the actual port forwarding method. Don't use the xbox port mentioned, select a port of your own choosing and ensure both TCP and UDP are enabled for the process.
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I already tried all of that :/ ...
... then it might be worth re-trying.

Also ensure you have a static internal ip address as noted in post #8. Otherwise the next time you start your computer the computer might have a different internal address and the port forward rule no longer works. Port forward rules are set to specific LAN addresses.
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