Cannot open port 8096

[BobT 2]

Network profile is private. Firewall off (for testing), VPN uninstalled. Kaspersky uninstalled.

Will try pinging.

[Q-Droid 670]

What does the router say the WAN IP is? Not Emby and not Canyouseeme but the Internet icon on the router home page.

[BobT 2]

EVERYONE!!!!

 

What a stupid I am? Because I have all my cables and devices nicely tucked away, it didn't occur to me that the problem could have been with my VOIP box OOMA. My configuration was modem-OOMA box-router. AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. The OOMA box was blocking  the port (have no idea why). When I reconfigured to modem-router-OOMA box, the port opened instantly and remote connection to Emby was successful.

 

I thank all those that contributed. It was frustrating for me and I am sure for many respondents.

 

Bob

[rbjtech 4324]

EVERYONE!!!!

 

What a stupid I am? Because I have all my cables and devices nicely tucked away, it didn't occur to me that the problem could have been with my VOIP box OOMA. My configuration was modem-OOMA box-router. AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. The OOMA box was blocking  the port (have no idea why). When I reconfigured to modem-router-OOMA box, the port opened instantly and remote connection to Emby was successful.

 

I thank all those that contributed. It was frustrating for me and I am sure for many respondents.

 

Bob

 

Just glad you got it sorted !  Yes, it was a tricky one as you had proven all the usual steps ..

 

The one fear I had is you had carrier grade NAT (CGNAT) which basically means you cannot host anything - but glad it wasn't that !

 

Enjoy !