Port Forward port 8333 on GL-MT6000

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Hello all, I'm trying to forward port 8333 on the GL-MT6000 , but am not having much success. Below is my current setup.

I have a modem connected to WAN/LAN2.5g on wlan/lan port 1
I have an ethernet cable connected in 2.5G port to acting as a LAN port connected to main pc.
I have an ethernet cable connected to 1g port (port 3) as a LAN port w/ a BTC node on it.

I've been trying to forward port 8333 so my node can receive inbound connections. So far i have not had much success, but I did have it open somehow momentarily, but not sure how i did so.

Here are images of my current setup to try to forward port 8333 to main pc

Router open ports - https://i.postimg.cc/JzgFXgTF/btc-open-ports-router.png
Port forward rules - https://i.postimg.cc/5NKKcTMt/port-forward-rules.png
port forward to main pc - https://i.postimg.cc/rm9gfYJM/portforward.png
8333 port check fail - https://i.postimg.cc/66YYRgqh/portforward-fail.png

I was able to have 8333 forwarded when using just the modem (arris S34) and allowing port 8333 to be open in windows firewall, not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help greatly appreciated , Thank you!

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There are plugins or applications related to 8333 TCP running and listening to this port (like the main pc enable some server using the 8333), so the web detection pages can check that the port is opened.

  1. Can it change the port? For example, 8444.
  2. You can try mapping the GL GUI web from 80 to 8333 to test whether it is available.
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Port showed as closed so long as no program was running needing port 8333. as soon as i fired up core on my main PC the ports opened. Thanks for the help!

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