Home Internet - Open ports for external access | T-Mobile Community (2024)

• jin735

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• 1 reply

Hello,

I’m using FAST 5688W 5G Gateway and it seems that there is no advanced network settings on the admin page(192.168.12.1).

I need to open some ports for RDP and setup port forwarding. Please advise.

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• copz1998

• Adept
• 506 replies
• 1 year ago29 March 2023
• Answer

@jin735you will need to use a router like a Netgear MR60 that you can use for Wi-Fi and Ethernet and have the ability to configure port forwarding and alike. the T-Mobile gateway is just a gateway/access to their cellular network for internet access.

I hope this helps!

I am not a T-Mobile employee, but like helping others.

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• bocaboy2591

• Helper Level 3
• 370 replies
• 1 year ago30 March 2023

@copz1998is correct. You cannot create a NAT, or modify DHCP on T-Mobile gateways. I, for one, would be curious about how your Netgear MR60 reacts if you hook it to the T-Mobile gateway in any other mode than Access Point Mode, where I don't believe you can do port forwarding.

Please educate me with your results.

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• copz1998

• Adept
• 506 replies
• 1 year ago30 March 2023

I am not a T-Mobile employee, but like helping others.

• jin735

• Author
• First activity
• 1 reply
• 1 year ago30 March 2023

I configuredAP mode with my router and opened some ports, but I cannot access it from external IP.

I think I need to open T-Mobile Gateway’sport for external access.

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• bocaboy2591

• Helper Level 3
• 370 replies
• 1 year ago30 March 2023

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• copz1998

• Adept
• 506 replies
• 1 year ago30 March 2023

Maybe T-Mobile corporate can provide a response to this thread?

I did a quick search on the corporate website and did not find any references on how to deal with NAT concerns.

I am not a T-Mobile employee, but like helping others.

• Dede12

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• 1 year ago10 April 2023

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• bocaboy2591

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• 370 replies
• 1 year ago10 April 2023

• Scdrew15

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• 2 replies
• 1 year ago10 April 2023

Do a search, this has been an issue for a couple of years now. Clearly T-Mobile does NOT listen to their customers because it seems nothing has changed since they introduced 5G Home Internet.

It seems they want simple Plug and Play customers only

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• bocaboy2591

• Helper Level 3
• 370 replies
• 1 year ago12 April 2023

The issue is that T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T are selling Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) which is not the same as the Internet access sold by other ISPs, e.g., Xfinity. Take a look at your external IP address. Most likely, it is not where you live but in another location. I live in S. Florida but my external IP is in Bellingham, WA. That’s part of the way FWA works. I know that there are workarounds, but I haven't had a need to try any of them. When I need a local external address, I use Mullvad VPN and connect to an external network here in S. Florida.

• Mikem132

• Learner
• 9 replies
• 1 year ago13 April 2023

• KenKK

• Learner
• 15 replies
• 10 months ago 4 August 2023

If the T-mobile 5G internet does not give you a local IP address how does services

like MLB not think your outside your local area ? With the news with Netflix tracking IP

address of password sharing, how does it know your not the account holder? I believe

Netflix lets you roam a bit but you have to check back and log in one every 30 days or

so with that device.

This problem needs to be fixed at the T-Mobile end at some point so hardware that require

opening ports to connect to will work. If you have to purchase a VPN that defeats the saving

and why you might have gone to T-Mobile 5G

• MyTruElectric

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• 1 reply
• 9 months ago24 September 2023

From what I was told, T-Mobile uses a single ip for multiple devices/accounts. so if they opened up a port for one user it would be opening it up for several making it less secure for others.

I have no idea if this is true but I was them told if I got a business' account and a different router i might be able to. so far no luck. I need ports open so bad.

Edit: it might be calledCGNAT(Carrier-Grade NAT)

• KenKK

• Learner
• 15 replies
• 9 months ago24 September 2023

I was told, but have not confirmed Verizon allows the ability to open ports on your home router.

Connect an ethernet cable to their 5G equivalent device and from there you can open ports

on your router for any devices you might own that require port forwarding. Their 5G unit will

pass it on…

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• Epic

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• 2 replies
• 8 months ago28 September 2023

This is true

• KenKK

• Learner
• 15 replies
• 8 months ago29 September 2023

Thanks for confirming this.. This is the only thing that might hold me off on their 5G internet.

I have multiple IP cameras as well as other devices that require a port to be opened on my

router. All my IP cameras do not go through a 3rd part for routing they all go directly

to my home ASUS router. I also have a Synology DiskStation server that requires a open port

for access.

Ken

• fields81

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• 1 reply
• 7 months ago30 October 2023

• jon7701

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• 1 reply
• 7 months ago31 October 2023

Heres the solution. SSH Tunneling. You can use SSH in combination with a VPS to forward your internal network port to the VPS and then you can use the VPS’ IP address to access your network. You have to set it up on a per port basis though. You can only have 1 port forwarded per ssh connection so you will have to use multiple ssh connections to the same VPS. I recommend using autossh to automatically keep the connection running should your network or VPS have a hiccup and temporarily lose connection. This docker container should be able to helphttps://github.com/jnovack/autossh

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• UnrealNet

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• 1 reply
• 21 days ago 5 June 2024

Just chiming in here for those in the future.
I was about to just drop TMHI but I got in.

I was able to get this working in like 2 seconds. All I did was enable Meshnet in my Nordvpn app on my main host pc and whatever other device I wanted to connect to it. I already had nord so it was a no brainer.

Granted yes you need nord vpn to make it work but it literally takes a few minutes tops and youre in hassle free. Didnt even need to do port forwarding.

For me specifically it was a pc hosting sunshine streaming service so I could use moonlight from my nvidia shield for gaming. Worked like a charm. Even using my shield from states and thousands of miles away, all good

Id imagine more issues hosting actual game servers on this, like rust palworld ark etc though. Cant say yet.

• erikviii

• Novice
• 1 reply
• 15 days ago11 June 2024

Nice to hear that you got YOUR VPN to work but that does not solve the initial question or the reason everyone else is asking about. Your VPN is setup offsite and requires you to initiate the connection in order to open the port on the firewall. What I need and it appears a lot of other people in this thread is the ability to open ports on the firewall that is built into the modem so that a connection can be initiated from outside your network using specific ports.