Port forwarding stopped working

[maharrm]

I recently started to experience the error, “Videos stored on Base Station are not available. Please check connection settings.” when trying to access locally stored videos in the Library (I have a VMB5000r5 base station recording to a microSD card). 

I have previously been able to access videos with Port Forwarding enabled and also without Port Forwarding when connected to my home network. 

I have again disabled Port Forwarding and am connected on my home network, but still receive the same error.

i can see from the storage setting info that my microSD card appears to be saving videos as the amount of space used is increasing.

Anyone else experiencing this error recently? Thanks. 

[ShayneS]

If you are still experiencing this symptom, please make sure that the forwarded ports have been setup on the router.

To check if the forwarded ports from the app are open, you can utilize the below port checkers:

https://portchecker.co
https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
https://canyouseeme.org/

If the ports are still closed, the router's firewall or ISP can still be blocking the ports. Please reach out to your ISP or router manufacturer for further assistance. 

[vtmad]

No, my problem is solved. I had already updated to 5.01 but that did not solve things. I then did an IOS update and that took care of the problem.

[ShayneS]

The development team is working on the fix for the issue with the remote access. I will provide another update as soon as I have more information related to the release. 

Thank you for your patience

[jguerdat]

iOS or Android? What phone and OS?

[cammerz]

iPhone 13 Pro iOS 17.5.1. I had the same iOS version with the previous app and it was all working fine 

[jguerdat]

I'm going to guess this is on iOS - is that correct? Are you involved with field trials or just a normal user? Have you checked your drive on a computer to verify nothing is being recorded?

[jguerdat]

iOS 4.14 seems to be causing issues. Be sure to open a case with official support about this.

[StephenB]

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@gbweir wrote:

The cameras work fine. They just don't record locally to the base station since the app update.

The base station is a VMB 4540

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Have you ejected the USB drive and looked at it?  That would confirm that the issue is with recording, and not with playback.

[gbweir]

Yes IOS, normal use. Have also checked the drive.

[gbweir]

Yes. Have also reformatted the USB

[Pan523]

I am a new user. After added the smarthub in app and connected camera to smarthub, i got so issue as below

• I cannot find any section to view the record
• I cannot find the setup button for setup port forward setting
• I cannot receive any notification even motion detected and recording from camera 

I have read the manual but still. Cannot find related function in my app. Any people can give me some hints? Thanks!!!

[fauyeung829]

I found the port forwarding for accessing the local storage from my Arlo Smart Hub stopped working recently. I saw other peoples reported the same problem in other posts and they mentioned the problem was due to the Arlo app updated to v4.14 recently. I have checked both the setting of IP address and port forwarding are correctly defined in the router and it is used to be working in the past. Please check and follow up. Thank you.

[StephenB]

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@Pan523 wrote:

I am a new user. After added the smarthub in app and connected camera to smarthub, i got so issue as below

• I cannot find any section to view the record
• I cannot find the setup button for setup port forward setting
• I cannot receive any notification even motion detected and recording from camera 

I have read the manual but still. Cannot find related function in my app. Any people can give me some hints? Thanks!!!

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There are two user interfaces at the moment.  The older one shows "Library" as a menu option, the newer one (used with the Pro 5s camera) shows "Feed" and "Dashboard".  The controls you are looking for depend on which interface you have.  (Note that the app supports both interfaces). 

I'm assuming "Feed" and "Dashboard" - let me know if you see "Library" instead.  FWIW, if you do see "Library" you either did something wrong in the setup, or you don't actually have a Pro 5s camera.

When you have a subscription for cloud recording (including the trial) the cloud recordings show up in "Feed". 

Local recordings aren't shown there - instead you need to 

• go to the devices screen
• select the smarthub
• select storage settings

Local recordings are there, as well as the controls for port forwarding. You have to use the app (phone or tablet) for this.  Local recordings can not be seen in the web browser.  More information on local storage is here:

• https://kb.arlo.com/000062997

Note there is an issue that a lot of users are reporting now - port forwarding doesn't seem to be working on iPhones.  Using a VPN does work (but requires a VPN server in your router).

On the notifications, make sure the system is armed.  Go to the dashboard screen, and make sure "Armed Away" is selected, and see if that works.  More information on the three modes (and how to customize them) is here:

• https://kb.arlo.com/000062777/About-Arlo-Routines-Modes-Rules-and-Automations

[KenC]

Appears to be issue only on iOS as it worked on my Android tablet.

[oneyellowlab]

I’m having the same problem! I’ve spent hours troubleshooting with my modem, I went and bought a new router but that’s not working so I suspect this is an Arlo issue. My next step is to reset the base station but I really don’t want to have to do that if I don’t have to. Does anyone know if Arlo is working on this issue?

[oneyellowlab]

I’m having the same issue, I’ve wasted hours troubleshooting as I thought the problem was on my end but it is Arlo’s issue. I use IOS , does anyone know if they are fixing this?

[cccs]

I have two smart hubs, both 4540.

I have a mesh network with 2 routers connecting to 2 smart hubs separately.

Doing the same setting, only one works.

Any thing I can do?

When setting up, both works. But after a while, only one remains.

[zoopy]

just waiting patiently not being able to look at stored files when away from home.. sucks to not know what's going on..

[rpn830]

I'm in the same boat. I had previously successfully set up port forwarding and was able to access local videos away from home and off my home network. But recently, the port forwarding doesn't work anymore and says "not available" in the app. I tried refreshing the port and updating it in my router settings but it still doesn't work. 

I hope it really is just a matter of the app update being bad so that a future update could fix this on its own...

[StephenB]

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@cccs wrote:

I have two smart hubs, both 4540.

I have a mesh network with 2 routers connecting to 2 smart hubs separately.

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Two independent routers???

Or one mesh router system, with the smarthubs connected to different mesh elements???

What mesh system do you have (manufacturer and model)?

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@cccs wrote:

Doing the same setting, only one works.

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What do you mean by "the same setting".

1. Both smarthubs should have their local IP addresses assigned in the router, so those addresses won't change when the router or the smarthubs restart.
2. The ports used for each smarthub of course need to be different, and the ports need to be forwarded to the correct smarthub in the router settings.

Note there is a bug at the moment - many users are saying that port forwarding doesn't work at all with their iPhones.  No reports on this with Android.

[Pan523]

Thank you for your reply.

After i reset the hub and camera. I can receive the notification now.

However, I still can not view the record from the App.

In my App, I found "Feed" and "Dashboard".

I also follow the instruction to visit the hub and storage setting. but i cannot get any video record

There are 4 information under Local Storage Setting

• Storage Status : Good
• Available storage: 247.00 MB used of 115.33....
• Best Local Recording: Off
• Overwrite Automatically: On

What can I do for direct access to view record under the App outside?

Thanks,

[zoopy]

Port forwarding is not available anymore after iOS 4.14 update. Was working just fine with previous but is still not fixed. Ports are open and is available through canyouseeme.org but when outside of home network, unable to watch local storage videos. Port Forwarding says Enabled but status "Not Available"  @BrookeN please look into this.

[bradu2]

Dear Arlo team and users,

I'm glad to have found this conversation in Google, literally after hours trying to fix my modem. The "Port Forwarding" section has stopped to work also for me, I'm not allowed to see recordings out of home.

Ports on my modem are correctly opened, and I'm using iOs 17.5.1 (with Arlo WMB4540)

[StephenB]

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@Pan523 wrote:

After i reset the hub and camera. I can receive the notification now.

However, I still can not view the record from the App.

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Is your phone connected to your home wifi?

[cccs]

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Two independent routers???

Or one mesh router system, with the smarthubs connected to different mesh elements???

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For the two routers connecting to two different smart hubs, i have tried both methods as below.

1) one mesh network

2) one using repeater mode

the result is the same: only one can work; sometimes it is A; sometimes it is B.

What do you mean by "the same setting".

1. Both smarthubs should have their local IP addresses assigned in the router, so those addresses won't change when the router or the smarthubs restart.
2. The ports used for each smarthub of course need to be different, and the ports need to be forwarded to the correct smarthub in the router settings.

Note there is a bug at the moment - many users are saying that port forwarding doesn't work at all with their iPhones.  No reports on this with Android.

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For your questions,

both local IP and the port number are input correctly for each smart hub in the port forwarding setting.

Thanks for your help!

btw I am an Android user.

[Pan523]

Yes , i am connected to home WiFi 

[StephenB]

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@cccs wrote:

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Two independent routers???

Or one mesh router system, with the smarthubs connected to different mesh elements???

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For the two routers connecting to two different smart hubs, i have tried both methods as below.

1) one mesh network

2) one using repeater mode

the result is the same: only one can work; sometimes it is A; sometimes it is B.

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Can you tell us what these two routers are?  I am thinking your network might not be set up correctly.

The normal setup is that only one device is acting as a router - that is the one with the WAN connection to your internet service provider.

The other device is normally acting as an access point (connected to the router with ethernet) or as a wifi extender (connecting to the router over wifi).

FWIW, usually when people say "mesh" they are talking routers+satellites that are designed to work together seamlessly.  Examples include the Netgear Orbi, TP-Link Deco, Amazon Eero, Google Nest WiFi (there are several others). 

[Pan523]

Yes I am using same WiFi