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daniel_i_l
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Is it possible to do port forwarding if my router doesn't support it? (I can't upgrade the firmware because it's not my router, and I can't switch routers because the router contains the modem from the ISP).
I was thinking that maybe it'd be possible to use NAT in order to simulate port forwarding. Is it possible to send certain requests to the router from inside the LAN so that it forwards signals from outside the LAN (on a specific port) back to that computer using NAT?
Or maybe it'd be possible from outside the LAN, to send a signal to the router that'd cause it to broadcast a message to the entire LAN on an obscure port. Then only one computer would be listening on that port.
Could any of these ideas work?
Are there other options?
Thanks
I was thinking that maybe it'd be possible to use NAT in order to simulate port forwarding. Is it possible to send certain requests to the router from inside the LAN so that it forwards signals from outside the LAN (on a specific port) back to that computer using NAT?
Or maybe it'd be possible from outside the LAN, to send a signal to the router that'd cause it to broadcast a message to the entire LAN on an obscure port. Then only one computer would be listening on that port.
Could any of these ideas work?
Are there other options?
Thanks