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Originally Posted by Vexyl
That's not how that works. Port forwarding maps ports to an internal address on the network so the router knows which computer to send the packets (this is to get around NAT). This is only needed if the router doesn't already know which computer to send them to, but when you connect to a website, you've established a connection and thus mapped the port already. Basically, you only need to forward a port if there are non-established incoming connections (if you're hosting a server, for instance). That's a simplistic overview, but it should give you an idea.
I'll do some research on the router when I have more time.
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I would really really appreciate that. The router had a built in firewall for IPV4 and IPV6 (don't really know what either means) but I disabled them to be sure. Checked to see if ports could be seen after that and still no dice.
I also noticed that it had NAT enabled on the router. I remember trying to game on my PS3 and having the best results when NAT type was open, so I tried disabling that and it killed my internet connection completely.
Thank you so, so much for your help. My dad and I are dying to get back to playing. We had just started raiding together with our bots help and were having a blast before I moved.