Hi Terry,
> 1. My static IP Address to the Internet is what my router says it is
> (established using whatsmyip.org).
>
> 2. I can successfully ping my static IP Address from another device
> not on the same network.
- Is the pong coming from the router?
- Does it have a ‘pong’ configuration which is currently on?
- If switched to off, do the pong's cease?
- If you unplug the router from the Internet or turn it off, do the
pong's stop?
> The Router logs show no activity when I:
>
> a. Ping the IP Address from another device not on the same network.
>
> b. Attempt to connect to the VPN Server which is connected to my home
> network.
Does the attempt work?
> Port forwarding is set up to allow this, but I would have expected the
> Router to detect the attempt anyway.
>
> Any ideas?
The router might be getting a continual stream of packets. Logging
those would take a lot of space. Perhaps it doesn't know the particular
ones of interest to you. It depends on the router and how configurable
it is.
If you attempt to connect to a TCP port at the static IP address which
is not being listened to, do you get a ‘connection refused’? If so and
you don't get one for your VPN port then you've reached something which
is listening. That might be the router forwarding it on.
$ telnet -4 bitfolk.com 54321
Trying 85.119.80.199...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
$
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