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AprilMay2211 · Yesterday, 17:55

I configured my hub 5 to forward ports for my Plex and for my web server, and 'yougetsignal' and other internet port checkers confirm that the port is open on my virgin IP address, but any attempt to actually use the port fails.

I created a basic hello world nodejs app to display a simple web page on port 16565, and I set port forwarding in the router. Yougetsignal says the port is open, but trying to connect to it with a browser returns nothing.

In my local network, if I browse from my laptop to <server local IP>:16565 I see my hello world website.

I've installed ufw on my web server (where nodejs app is) and it allows traffic on 16565.

Looking at the logs on the server, I don't see the external connection attempt hitting the application layer, something must be blocking this traffic.

My local IP is defined as static in the hub 5. My virgin 82. IP address does not change and is the same on 'whatismyip' as shown in the router info page.

Yesterday, 17:55	#1
AprilMay2211 cf.member Join Date: Aug 2026 Posts: 3	Losing my mind with port forwarding not working. I configured my hub 5 to forward ports for my Plex and for my web server, and 'yougetsignal' and other internet port checkers confirm that the port is open on my virgin IP address, but any attempt to actually use the port fails. I created a basic hello world nodejs app to display a simple web page on port 16565, and I set port forwarding in the router. Yougetsignal says the port is open, but trying to connect to it with a browser returns nothing. In my local network, if I browse from my laptop to <server local IP>:16565 I see my hello world website. I've installed ufw on my web server (where nodejs app is) and it allows traffic on 16565. Looking at the logs on the server, I don't see the external connection attempt hitting the application layer, something must be blocking this traffic. My local IP is defined as static in the hub 5. My virgin 82. IP address does not change and is the same on 'whatismyip' as shown in the router info page.