The EA3500 Smart Wi/Fi Will Not Open Port Forewarding

Question

I have a windows 2012 essentials server that is on the network that requires port forwarding for HTTPS 443 and HTTP 80. The route that was working on the network without any issues was the WRT54GL on port forwarding.
The reason for the upgrade was the LAN port from 100Mbps to 1000Mbps to connect to a switch that has 1000Mbps so that the company intranet could transfer data at a faster rate.
This part works without any issues, the issue is the port forwarding on the route will not open the open the port need for the server.
I was on the chat with Linksys support and ask me to reflash the route with the firmware from the Linksys site and still no open ports

Answer 1

The way the windows 2012 essentials server is contacted from the remote web page is by service call Anywhere Access and port 443 needs to be open to get access to the remote web page and if you are using VPN it also access port 443 to connect to the server.
My internet provide is COX and port 443 is not blocked.
 The problem is the route service port forwarding that I program to open up the port 443 will not pass traffic. The EA3500 route shows block.
 I was on the phone off and on working with support for two days to try and correct this issue. Support had me restore factory settings, reflash the router with the firmware from their support web page, and rebuild the port forwarding port 443 and to the point of telling me to returning the router to company that I bought it from and getting a replacement.