I didn't realize that would happen with port forwarding, but that makes sense. but to be fair, the people at Ubiquiti are probably assuming you'd be forwarding to a router and there wouldn't be any other devices.
I guess the Nintendo people just assume no other devices are important... On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:28 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct. DMZ does not break the Internet access for all other devices. > > Forwarding ports 1 through 65535 to a single device as suggested by some > insane people at Nintendo and Ubiquiti will break the Internet for all > other devices. > > > On 4/20/2021 12:24 PM, Zach Underwood wrote: > > DMZ does not break the internet access for all other devices behind the > NAT. DMZ ip is where the unsolicited packets will be forward. Solicited > packets with a matching NAT state will be forwarded on to the original > host. > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:07 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Except DMZ only forwards the ports not being used for other connections. >> >> This breaks the Internet for all devices except the one you forwarded >> ports to. >> >> >> On 4/20/2021 11:30 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: >> >> Isn't that basically the same thing a DMZ does? >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:18 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Oddly enough here's "UI-Team" on the Ubiquiti forum proposing the same >>> thing as a solution for a "DMZ" >>> >>> >>> https://community.ui.com/questions/UFiber-Loco-NanoG-No-DMZ/1f7720eb-f2fe-4af3-b312-1226de3a8d0b >>> >>> Insane. >>> >>> >>> On 4/20/2021 10:15 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>> >>> Agreed, but apparently doesn't work when the router is a UFiber ONU. >>> >>> I'm more amused at Nintendo's suggestion. One of our tech support guys >>> actually tried it and it broke the customer's internet on all devices that >>> weren't the switch. >>> >>> >>> On 4/20/2021 8:57 AM, Darin Steffl wrote: >>> >>> Consoles should never need port forwarding. Enable UPnP on the router >>> and you're done. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 1:46 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Trying to help a guy with a Nintendo Switch issue and encountered this >>>> official tech support info: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22272/~/how-to-set-up-a-routers-port-forwarding-for-a-nintendo-switch-console >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > advance-networking.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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