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Cox panoramic wifi and forwarding ports
Posted on 6/9/25 at 9:58 am
Posted on 6/9/25 at 9:58 am
I recently got a new inverter for my solar panels and so far its producing power as it should. However, to properly monitor energy production, keep up with service messages, check the $ im saving, etc - it has to be able to connect to my home wifi. To do this, all I need to do according to the manufacturer is open two individual ports on my wifi for the inverter to connect to. Ports 44000-44999 and 443 (which naturally doesnt sound like it should be difficult right?)
Thats is where im hitting an incredibly annoying wall. I for the life of me cannot do this on my own (through the IP on my desktop or the Coxi wifi app). Then, even more annoying, COX customer service either apparently does not comprehend my problem (they think im referring to physical ports in the back of my modem) or outright refuses to open the ports.
From what I am aware of, this was something they would regularly do not long ago.
Anyone have any advice or ways to get around this?
Thats is where im hitting an incredibly annoying wall. I for the life of me cannot do this on my own (through the IP on my desktop or the Coxi wifi app). Then, even more annoying, COX customer service either apparently does not comprehend my problem (they think im referring to physical ports in the back of my modem) or outright refuses to open the ports.
From what I am aware of, this was something they would regularly do not long ago.
Anyone have any advice or ways to get around this?
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Posted on 6/9/25 at 12:13 pm to SundayFunday
Get your own router and then put the cox modem/equipment into a passthrough mode or bridge mode to hand off the public/WAN IP to your equipment that you can manage. From there you can forward your ports to the IP of the device needing to provide the info the solar vendor.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 12:18 pm to broadhead
IS doing that safe from a network security standpoint? I've always stayed away from bridging as I heard its unsecure
Posted on 6/9/25 at 12:39 pm to SundayFunday
Anytime you open ports through the firewall to an endpoint behind you are creating a security risk. Whether you do it on the cox equipment or your own managed equipment is irrelevant. I personally prefer to manage my own equipment and just hand it off from the ISP, now granted I'm not familiar with the panoramic wifi and if you're allowed to enable passthrough.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 12:43 pm to SundayFunday
What Bridge Mode Does:
Disables Routing: In Bridge Mode, the Panoramic Gateway acts as a modem and no longer manages or distributes IP addresses (DHCP) or routes network traffic.
Connects to a Third-Party Router: Bridge Mode allows you to use a separate router to manage your home network.
Disables Panoramic Wifi and Pods: When using Bridge Mode, Panoramic Wifi and Pods become incompatible.
So, this may not work for what you want to do as it will disable the WiFi.
Disables Routing: In Bridge Mode, the Panoramic Gateway acts as a modem and no longer manages or distributes IP addresses (DHCP) or routes network traffic.
Connects to a Third-Party Router: Bridge Mode allows you to use a separate router to manage your home network.
Disables Panoramic Wifi and Pods: When using Bridge Mode, Panoramic Wifi and Pods become incompatible.
So, this may not work for what you want to do as it will disable the WiFi.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 12:44 pm to SundayFunday
To enable port forwarding on a Cox Panoramic Wi-Fi gateway, you can access it through the Cox MyWi-Fi portal or the Cox Wi-Fi app. Specifically, navigate to the "Network" or "WiFi" section, then select "Gateway" and "Advanced Settings" to find the port forwarding options.
Detailed Steps:
Access the MyWi-Fi Portal or App: You can log in to Cox's MyWi-Fi portal or the Cox Wi-Fi app using your Cox account credentials.
Navigate to Network/WiFi Settings: In the MyWi-Fi portal, look for the "Network" section at the top. In the Cox Wi-Fi app, it's typically under the "WiFi" section on the bottom bar.
Select Gateway: From the Network/WiFi settings, find and select the "Gateway" option.
Advanced Settings: Scroll to the bottom of the Gateway page and look for "Advanced Settings".
Locate Port Forwarding: Within the Advanced Settings, you'll find the "Port Forwarding" option.
Add or Edit Port Forwarding Rules: Once you've located the Port Forwarding section, you can add new rules or edit existing ones. You'll typically need to specify the public port, private port, and the device you want to forward the traffic to.
This video demonstrates how to set up port forwarding with the Cox Wifi app:
Detailed Steps:
Access the MyWi-Fi Portal or App: You can log in to Cox's MyWi-Fi portal or the Cox Wi-Fi app using your Cox account credentials.
Navigate to Network/WiFi Settings: In the MyWi-Fi portal, look for the "Network" section at the top. In the Cox Wi-Fi app, it's typically under the "WiFi" section on the bottom bar.
Select Gateway: From the Network/WiFi settings, find and select the "Gateway" option.
Advanced Settings: Scroll to the bottom of the Gateway page and look for "Advanced Settings".
Locate Port Forwarding: Within the Advanced Settings, you'll find the "Port Forwarding" option.
Add or Edit Port Forwarding Rules: Once you've located the Port Forwarding section, you can add new rules or edit existing ones. You'll typically need to specify the public port, private port, and the device you want to forward the traffic to.
This video demonstrates how to set up port forwarding with the Cox Wifi app:
Posted on 6/9/25 at 1:08 pm to SundayFunday
quote:
IS doing that safe from a network security standpoint? I've always stayed away from bridging as I heard its unsecure
It's not the bridging that's insecure, it's the port forwarding (poking holes in the firewall).
quote:That's not two individual ports, that's one individual port plus a range of 1,000 more ports.
To do this, all I need to do according to the manufacturer is open two individual ports on my wifi for the inverter to connect to. Ports 44000-44999 and 443 (which naturally doesnt sound like it should be difficult right?)
This is not a good practice and I'm surprised that's what they're telling you to do.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 1:22 pm to SundayFunday
Port 443 is the standard TCP port number used for secure communication over HTTPS. It sounds like your inverter has an embedded web server. From within your network, you should be able to view your inverter by pointing your web browser to https : //{ip address of your inverter}, like https : //192.168.0.2.
-remove the space after the https.
-remove the space after the https.
This post was edited on 6/9/25 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 6/9/25 at 2:10 pm to TAMU-93
That appears to be the case. Solar company wont let me have the customer password though to do anything with it.
If it is, what can I do with that info?
If it is, what can I do with that info?
This post was edited on 6/9/25 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 6/10/25 at 7:54 am to SundayFunday
No chance that https (443) will work. Cox has a subset of ports they block like 80, 443 and 25 for residential service. You would have to get a business account. Just go to the ip of your device LINK and manage it when you are at home only.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 8:51 am to ColdDuck
quote:
Cox has a subset of ports they block like 80, 443 and 25 for residential service
Are you serious? That’s insane. Do they still have data caps too?
You can still do a free reverse proxy via cloudflare and just change the port back via local NAT with your own router.
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