Port forwarding to port 443 fails but to port 80 is OK

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swill

2021-12-04 03:23:05 - last edited 2021-12-06 00:50:53

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Port forwarding to port 443 fails but to port 80 is OK

2021-12-04 03:23:05 - last edited 2021-12-06 00:50:53

Model: Archer VR1600v

Hardware Version: V2

Firmware Version: 0.1.0 0.9.1 v5006.0 Build 200810 Rel.53181n

I've used NAT forwarding/virtual servers to redirect http://domainName.ddns.net:7704 to 192.168.1.10:80 without issue (http connection). Service type was left blank.

However when doing the same thing and trying to redirect redirect http://domainName.ddns.net:7703 to 192.168.1.10:443 (https connection) it fails.

Along the way to failing, the router address changes to https.

The only reference i have in the user manual to connect to the router over https is using remote managmeent with 1 user on the LAN. I want to connect to the router and devices behind it over https from any internet address if possible but until this is resolved I am connunicating over port 80 (http) which is not ideal.

Any thoughts on what is stopping connections over port 443 (https) to the router and devices on the LAN would be appreciated. Shouldn't https be the default protocol over which users connect to a router, on a LAN or on the WAN?

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2021-12-05 14:54:08 - last edited 2021-12-06 00:50:53

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Re:Port forwarding to port 443 fails but to port 80 is OK

2021-12-05 14:54:08 - last edited 2021-12-06 00:50:53

@swill Just to clarify, the router management goes over by default on HTTP. You can enable HTTPS as well. But thats on the gateway IP (192.168.0.1 by default).

If you have a web server running on your LAN, for example 192.168.0.10:443, and you want to forward traffic from the WAN to that server, you need to setup port forwarding.
There you map outside port 443 to the 192.168.0.10:443.

Also, it does not really matter if you run your server on port 80 or 443, it depends if you have enabled SSL/TLS on it and attached certificate for it.

Port forwarding to port 443 fails but to port 80 is OK

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