Brume 2 set up support

Technical Support for Routers
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Hello,

I am having issues setting up Brume 2. I have watched the video at the following:

I have followed the steps - initialized a wireguard server, using listening port 12345. I then connected to my router, set up port forwarding to the IP address of my Brume 2, using the same listening port. After I save these settings, i go back to my wireguard server in the Brume admin panel and go to profile and my profile doesnt show up. This is the step in the video above at 1:54 into the video. I tried manually adding the profile but then when i try and test my wireguard tunnel on my phone app it doesnt work. I also show no traffic on my VPN dashboard. Please help on what the issue may be.

I have a BGW320-505 set in passthrough mode to a Netgear Nighthawk RS700S

My firmware on my Brume 2 is version 4.6.4

Thanks

Jamie

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Hey :wave:t2:

please read How to troubleshoot WireGuard as it might give you a hint of what is wrong. Make sure to test from outside your network and check that your ISP provides you a public IPv4 IP.

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Thank you for the reply. I used What is My IP and it appears that i have a public IPv4 IP.

I read through the article and did not see anything glaring. Wondering if anyone else may have had the same issue and what the solution was?

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I am bit confused about your setup. You told 2x that you set listening port 12345 - but it should be needed just once → on the device that will act like a server.

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In the video i posted, it is entered when you set up the wireguard server (in the Brume 2 admin panel, you need to identify your port, which I put 12345.

It is also required when you port forward to your Brume 2 in the modem admin panel i entered the Brume 2 IP address with the listening port 12345.

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Ah, yeah, in that case you are right.

The main issue might be that your IPv4 isn't really public. What ISP do you use? Is it Cable?

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AT&T Fiber

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Do you know if they might use CGNAT?

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Not certain - but google search for if AT&T uses CGNAT in their fiber appears to be YES. So that is likely the problem. Any suggested course?

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CGNAT makes it impossible to open ports, so VPN server inside your home won't work.
You can try ways around it like Tailscale for example.