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Friday, November 15th, 2019 11:00 AM

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inbound port blocking

I use a Meraki MX64 firewall, which supports a L2TP based VPN.  Previously I have been able to VPN back to this equipment while on the road, so I know that my firewall and client setups are correct.  However since switching to Comcast I can no longer do so.  Connection from the outside simply time out and according to the VPN logs on my firewall a connection never makes to the device to even log.  I can ping the firewall, so basic connectivity is there.

 

So, is Comcast blocking inbound ports, specifically ports 500 and 4500 for UDP traffic?  If yes, who can I reach to release these ports to the house?

 

Thanks,

peter

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6 years ago

What modem, eMTA, or gateway are you using? Comcast blocks the ports listed on https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/list-of-blocked-ports for all of these, but the gateways include their own firewall which may be set to block other ports as well.

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6 years ago

I have a CGM4140COM according to the My Account page.  When my account was initially setup, I had support put it into bridge mode, so my own firewall and networking equipment can get the external IP and do all of the protection.  This the same thing I have done with my last two ISPs. 

 

However based on your comment, I realised that the Xfinity modem is accessible from my network and even in bridge mode has its firewall enabled (though set to Low security mode) - this is different from the last two ISPs and their modems.  I then disabled the firewall function on the Xfinity modem hoping that it would solve the issue.  Today I had a chance to jump on an external network again and tried to connect, but am having the same issue.  I can ping my home firewall, but the VPN connection never goes through, and the logs of it do not even show an incoming attempted connection.  Something is still blocking things.

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6 years ago

If the gateway is truly in full bridge mode, all NAT / routing / firewall / WiFi functions should be disabled. Double-check that it truly is in full bridge mode.

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6 years ago

I have that same gateway, from the admin panel you can setup ports you want forwarded, try forwarding the ports that you need to use and see if that helps

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5 years ago

Was there any resolution here? I am experiencing the same issue with myself and another remote user, both of us Comcast users.

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5 years ago

.@ITGUY05

 

Please create you own new topic here on this board detailing your issue, thanks. Dead thread from last year now being closed.

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