my.arlo & Port 80

[TheWeasel]

I have a question involving Port 80 on my router.
I currently have a Nest Hello doorbell and I’m looking to switch to an Arlo. The manual states “Check to make sure that ports 443 and 80 are open on your router.”
I am using Port Forwarding to direct Port 80 to the local IP of a NAS where a small web site is located.
Will this prevent me from streaming a live feed on my.arlo via a browser?
I have a handicapped household member who needs to use a browser to view the doorbell activity. She’s unable to use a mobile phone.
Thanks.

[jguerdat]

Port 80 is already open since you're here and is the default on virtually any router (or most of the Internet wouldn't work). Port forwarding should have no effect on this since that's using incoming requests while Arlo, etc. use if for outgoing.

[StephenB]

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@TheWeasel wrote:

I am using Port Forwarding to direct Port 80 to the local IP of a NAS where a small web site is located.
Will this prevent me from streaming a live feed on my.arlo via a browser?

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No.  Ports 80, 443, (and 123 for NTP) need to be available for outbound connections (and almost always are available on home networks).  Proxies can get in the way, but normal NAT routers won't.

FWIW, I think the info on this in the manual/KB articles is needlessly confusing.

[TheWeasel]

Thanks.

I took "open" to mean open and unhindered both ways, not just one.