Originally posted by Hondarydr
Yes I am.
I know what your issue is, you have a Double NAT. I don't want to tell you FOR SURE that you have it, but I have had the EXACT same problems that you have had. I tried forwarding ports, I tried putting my machine on a DMZ, I tried all that jazz and nothing worked. The solution (that worked for me) was to place my router in bridged mode.
In order to do this, please realize the following:
1) You know how you can access your Router through typing in 192.168.1.1 or whatever into your address bar in your internet browser? That will no longer being able to be done since you are now effectively cutting ties with your router and letting your modem do NAT instead.
2) With the above being said, you WILL ALWAYS be able to revert back to the default settings that you had before by resetting your router with the little button on it. You will also loose one of the ports on your router, since instead of plugging it into the WAN port, you will now be plugging it into the LAN port.
So to get started:
1) Open up your router page by going to 192.168.0.1 or whatever your internal IP address is.
2) Ensure that you have configured all of the router settings to your liking. (ie. Making sure that your wireless is secured if you want it to be, and make sure that you have UPNP on etc.)
3) Once you are happy with ALL of the settings that you have on your router, you are going to have to navigate to the area where you see a tickbox for "DHCP". YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO "DISABLE" DHCP (Something like what I am showing you in the picture)
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4) After you have done this, you are going to go and save settings.
5) After your router has fully restarted, take your MODEM and DISCONNECT it from the WAN port on your ROUTER. Connect your MODEM to the LAN port on your ROUTER instead.
What you have done is essentially allow yourself to connect directly to the modem while still allowing you to have the exact same wireless settings. Please note there's no guarantee that this will work, but it did for me and you sound like you are having the exact same problem that I have had in the past. I take no responsibility if something goes wrong