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Help with Suspected Port Forwarding Issue?

I'm at the end of my rope (and my Googling). I've had a server for years, and it's been fine. I've moved with it twice and only needed to update the IP addresses and add in the port forwarding. Again, always fine. I moved this third time, and now I can't connect to my domains.

I can use my localIP:8096 and it connects to Jellyfin fine. Likewise, localhost:8096 connects fine. But when I go to my actual domain, it stalls out.

The only thing I can think of is that it must be the port forwarding, because I have a different router this time and the port forwarding process was slightly different. Before, I only had to put in the port that I wanted forwarded and it was fine. Now with this ASUS router, it asks for more details.

I left Source IP blank.
Port Range (External): 80.
Local Port: 80
Local IP: I input my local IP for the server (found on ipconfig.)
Protocol: TCP and UDP both.

(And I did the same for Port 443.) I use Nginx, and before when I've put in the port forwards into my router for 80 and 443, there's been no problem.

I can't imagine it's a change in my Windows Defender Firewall just now showing up. The only thing I can think is that I somehow I did something wrong here, because everything else is the exact same steps that I used for my last two moves.

When I checked the ports with https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports, it says that port 80 and 443 are 'filtered.' I never needed to check this before in my prior two homes, so I don't know if that's what it always says or if it is indeed confirmation of a problem.

Does anyone have any ideas?

https://redd.it/1x7dz6y
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Yougetsignal Open Port Check Tool - Test Port Forwarding on Your Router Port checker is a utility used to identify your external IP address and detect open ports on your connection. This tool is useful for finding out if your port forwarding is setup correctly or if your server applications are being blocked by a firewall.
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