Where are you trying to connect from?  Its quite possilbe they block outbound on 5001.  Have seen many many times before, users actually have 2 NAT devices daisy chained.. So they setup the forward on one of the devices - but still blocked because of the other device, etc.

Are you trying to connect directly to your public IP, or trying to use finderID?

 There are many, many reasons why you could be having problems.

nonenone,

Here's something that might help you determine if the port is properly configured, or if it is reachable:

First, figure out what IP your router is currently assigned from your ISP (easily determined by accessing the router config).  Then, from outside your network, open a DOS window on a PC.  Issue the following command:

telnet [ip address] 5001

If you get a blank, black screen, the request is getting through.  The device that the request was routed to (presumeably the SB) doesn't know what to do with the request, but it is getting through.  If the request doesn't go through, you should get a message saying something like, "Could not open connection to the host, on port 5001: Connect failed"

Unfortunately, the ping command doesn't support specific ports, or I would have suggested that command instead.

Hope this helps.

Tom

Slinging SA8300, Sony RDR-GX300, and cable from two Slingbox Pros, to Sprint Palm Treo 700p and Dell Inspiron 8600 with Sprint EVDO over Time Warner cable.

While I am not 100% certain of this, I believe that anything other than "Could not open connection to host, on port 5001: Connect failed" is a good sign that the port actually IS configured correctly.  The timeout likely just means  that the SB doesn't know what to do with a telnet request.  To test further, try telnet to another port, such as 5099.  You should get the msg above.

Tom

Slinging SA8300, Sony RDR-GX300, and cable from two Slingbox Pros, to Sprint Palm Treo 700p and Dell Inspiron 8600 with Sprint EVDO over Time Warner cable.