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How do I properly test whether my Port Forwarding works?

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Mar 15, 202622984 views
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Problem

I have set up a website in iis which runs on port 5000 Now when I type 192.168.2.2:5000 I get that page. Now, I do port forwarding with my Belkin Router using http://screenshots.portforward.com/Belkin/F7D2301v1/Virtual_Servers.htm Now, I find my IP using http://whatismyip.com and I found it to be 1…

Error Output

[Fiddler] Connection to 117.x.x.x failed.
Exception Text: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not
properly respond after a pe…

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Fix for: How do I properly test whether my Port Forwarding works?

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Try accessing your web server from outside your network. Many (most?) routers ship without "routeback" (possibly a vendor-specific term, I'm not sure, sorry) enabled, if they even support it, which is necessary for routing an internal connection att…

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