Motorola NVG580, PortForwarding, PINHOLE CONFLICT XXX error

Hi @3rudistic,

I apologize about any issues you are having. With the pinhole conflict, you will get that on any router, because you are not able to forward the same port to two different devices. You can definitely work around it with the solution you suggested by adding your own router into the equation. From there you can set it up in IP Passthrough or just create the necessary port forwarding rules to it.

Hope this helps.

-David T

So I leave the #1 NAS currently connected, forwarding and working properly on the ATT device;  and then set up my 3rd party router, do IP passthrough + new prot forwarding rules on the router for #2 NAS?

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Do I need to setup (2) 3rd party routers and put one NAS on each to have the configuration work properly?

If you are trying to use the same port, you will need to have each NAS on a different subnet, so you can either have one behind the U-verse router and one behind the 3rd party router or use 2 3rd party routers.

Also, you can port forward to a 3rd party router from our U-verse router and the 3rd party router can route traffic from and to the appropriate NAS device.

-David T

Do you have refined insructions to perform your solutions; bullet points or links?

Option #1 : (1) NAS on UVerse + (1) NAS on 3rd Party:

• I can follow the how-to-bridge NVG589 post; leave my current UVerse port-forwarding rules as-is; and leave my current DCHP range as-is (192.168.x.64 - 192.168.x.253)?  

Option # 2 : (2) 3rd party routers

• I need to remove all UVerse port-forwarding and packet filters; and ......??

Option #3

• This is compatible with my (2) NAS scenario?  Do you have detailed instructions?

Is there anything I can do with my (5) usable static IPs to alleviate the situation?

Thank you.

Hi @3rudistic,

Sorry, I was not aware you had a set of static IPs. With that, it makes things a lot easier. I would still suggest going with a 3rd party router. You can set your 3rd party router in passthrough mode on the NVG589.

From there, you will assign one of the static IPs to your router and have it handle the rest of your static IP pool. You will just need to attach your NAS devices behind your router and assign them a static IP.

Also, you can use a cascaded router setup. Here is a great post from gimp_dad that goes over the basics.

-David T

Can you please break it down for a lay person. I have a few questions;

• I assume you recommend the post by robert_g_1 for IP Passthrough.
• At the end of this post, SomeJoe777's comment leads me to believe the "Cascaded Router" method is the only way to accomplish what I will be needing to do;

So, when you say:

From there, you will assign one of the static IPs to your router and have it handle the rest of your static IP pool. You will just need to attach your NAS devices behind your router and assign them a static IP.

...how is this different than the "Cascaded Router" setup you then mention as an "Also," option?

1. If it is different than the "CR" setup; can you please provide step-by step instructions to your suggestion; because you reference assigning them a static IP (from the 3rd-party router's subnet range?), while the "CR" setup speaks towards working within the public block of (5).
2. Do I not need to setup IP Passthrough for "CR" mode?

Thank you.

Hi,

The main difference between the cascasded router setup and the previous mentioned IP Passthrough setup is that you assign one of your static IP addresses to your router, while with the cascaded router setup, you assign a private IP. You can choose to use passthrough mode if you want with the cascaded router setup.

With the IP passthrough setup, you would still follow all the instructions of robert_g_1's setup for your U-verse router.

On your router, you will want to:

• Assign one of the Static IPs to your router.
• Change the DHCP pool in your router to allocate addresses in your Static IP pool or create routing table entries so that your static IPs know how to route data in and out of your router.\

I think the best setup would probably be to go with the cascaded router setup, since you have the static IPs to be able to do this.

-David T