I have the Home Wireless 4G CPE3 From vodafone, This router has 2 ways for port forwarding:
1. Virtual Server
2. Direct DMZ
I tried both methods to try and open a port but everything failed, I was able to get on a call with the customer service since I assumed maybe the ISP has my Public IP Address behind a CGNAT or they're blocking Ports somehow,
Guy from customer service said most common cases people apply for a Public Static IP Since my kind of line wasn't eligible for that, I asked if there's a workaround using my router, He assured me that vodafone doesn't have me behind a CGNAT or blocking any ports, and upon router configuration I should be able to open ports.
I tried the Virtual server method first specifying the port number (i tried 80, 22, and 4444), using my local machine's IP, I also set the remote host to blank and tried both TCP/UDP and TCP Only protocols,
Didn't work so I tried again with my firewall disabled, still nothing, I decided I'll try using the DMZ instead, I made my DMZ forward traffic to my Local IP once again, Tried connecting from an external device outside my home network and still didn't work.
Even tried SSH Reverse Port Forwarding and still failed to connect from external devices outside my network,
There's also a weird bug on the router, IN the Ethernet page it doesn't detect my Ethernet connection to my pc even though its serving me internet, I tried both LAN and WAN ports and nothing shows up.
I was just wondering If I could get any help or hints on why this isn't working, I kept trying for 3 days (Today's my 3rd day) and as Cyber Security Engineer with solid networking skills, I failed...
Maybe vodafone is blocking the ports but again I'm not sure, any hints, tips, or information would help a lot.
Thank you.
