Ok guys, I am back with a new set of interesting problem.
A while back, my TELUS NH-20A modem was rebooted remotely and I was moved into a CGNAT environment. It was not too bad except the following:
1. Lost the ability to access my home network from outside the LAN.
2. ANd more importantly, my speed dropped and constantly getting disconnected.
I was replaced with an NH-20T which did not solve the problem until the field tech allowed me to speak with the agent ont he line whom erased my profile and recreated a new one and cleaned up my line.
1. My NH-20T got a 99.X.X.X Ip address and matched what is being seen outside via whatismyip.
2. I configured the NH-20T port 1 to bridge mode and connected my own PFSense router. I got a WAN Ip address starting with 205.X.X.X. I confirm I am not on CGNAT and port forwarding works.
So here is my interesting problem.
1. I got a spare PFSense unit and configured it exactly as my first PFSense unit (DHCP and Port Forwarding). Nothign fancy.
2. The new PFSense unit got a WAN IP starting with 99.X.X.X.
3. I confirm I am not on CGNAT via whatismyip (what is seen outside and what is allocated to my router matches).
4. I confirm my ports are being detected as "open".
5. BUT no traffic is getting through PORT FORWARDING at all.
So what is my proof that the 99.x.x.x WAN port forwarding is being blocked?
ANS: I spoofed my original PFSense unit MAC address to my new unit and port forwarding immediately worked after getting the 205.X.X.X IP address.
Because of this, I am preparing tailscale as my main means of connection if and when TELUS suddenly bump me back to CGNAT or to the 99.x.x.x range.
SO anyone with this 99.x.x.x IP range, please let me know if you are having port forwarding issues? I am very curious about it.
