CenturyLink Filtering?

[dave_the_nerd]

I am trying to set up port forwarding for a new security camera (2-way audio) so I can mess with the cats from work. (Well, mostly so my housemate can see DA KITTEEEZ!!! But also because it's a gadget and I like gadgets.)

Anwyay.

I've gotten stuff like this to work before (Used to have FTP and VNC access to my NAS box, for instance) but that was with Comcast. Now I have Centurylink.

I've set up everything the way it's supposed to be, but it simply won't connect from outside the network. (Although LogMeIn works fine. Unfortunately, I don't know much about how their setup works, so I don't know WHY it works...)

Does CenturyLink do anything "fancy" with content or port filtering? Or is my POS Actiontech router just a POS? Would I be better off putting it into modem-only mode and having my Apple Airport do the PPPoE and routing business?

 

[Doomer]

Are you using your own router? Is the Centurylink "modem" in pass through mode? If so then it should work provided the router is configured correctly.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Are you using your own router? Is the Centurylink "modem" in pass through mode? If so then it should work provided the router is configured correctly.

My router is the Actiontech DSL Modem (M1000.) My WAP is an Airport in bridge mode. I have the option of switching that around (using the modem in bridge mode and having the WAP handle routing and PPPoE duties) but as far as I know, I shouldn't have to... right?

This is the rule I set up - simple, at this point, since I only have the one camera. If I've read the manual right for the router, this should be it - forward any incoming traffic on port 80 to the camera (*.150), also on port 80.

 

[XavierMace]

Cox filters port 80, I assume CenturyLink would too. They don't want you running a website off your consumer internet connection.

 

[Danimal1209]

See if you can change what port the camera uses and then forward that port.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Interesting.

Per Centurylink, they don't filter.

http://www.centurylink.com/Pages/AboutUs/Legal/InternetServiceManagement/

And I had tried port 10000 to no avail, but, okay. I'll try it one more time for AT.

I switched it to port 50001 and it works fine. (!)

Thanks for bearing with me here, folks.

 

[XavierMace]

Is this the section you are using to support that conclusion?

"CenturyLink High Speed Internet customers receive full access to all of the lawful content, services, and applications that the Internet has to offer. CenturyLink does not block, prioritize, or degrade any Internet sourced or destined traffic based on application, source, destination, protocol, or port unless it does so in connection with a security practice described in the security policy section below."

They unforunately include that last little sentence about the security policy. Security policy states:

"CenturyLink may block connections on other ports that are commonly used to exploit other customers or non-customer computers."

That's pretty much as vague as you can get and could easily include blocking incoming port 80 requests. You've got it working so I guess it's moot, but I'd call them and ask if you run into it again.