Upnp not working on a client with two routers

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My setup:

  • Physical home router Technicolor DGA0122 (A) - 192.168.1.1
  • Virtual OpenWrt machine with bridged adapter and a host-only adapter (B) - 192.168.97.1
  • Virtual client (C) - 192.168.97.212
    Using VirtualBox

I am learning openwrt but I do not have a physical openwrt router so I have to resort to running it on a VM. I have followed setting up upnp daemon from the wiki, I have not modified any configurations beyond what was told.

Running upnp client on (C)

upnpc -listdevices
List of UPNP devices found on the network :
 desc: http://192.168.97.1:5000/rootDesc.xml
 st: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1

Found a (not connected?) IGD : http://192.168.97.1:5000/ctl/IPConn
Trying to continue anyway
Local LAN ip address : 192.168.97.212
Connection Type : IP_Routed
Status : Connected, uptime=5126s, LastConnectionError : ERROR_NONE
  Time started : Mon Oct 18 11:44:34 2021
MaxBitRateDown : 8388608 bps (8.3 Mbps)   MaxBitRateUp 4194304 bps (4.1 Mbps)
GetExternalIPAddress failed. (errorcode=501)
 i protocol exPort->inAddr:inPort description remoteHost leaseTime
GetGenericPortMappingEntry() returned 713 (SpecifiedArrayIndexInvalid)

Logs from (B)

daemon.notice miniupnpd[3272]: private/reserved address 192.168.1.154 is not suitable for external IP

I have tried running it with -m flags with eth0, eth1, br-lan, nothing seems to work
Running the same command from (B) seems to work fine

upnpc -l
List of UPNP devices found on the network :
 desc: http://192.168.1.1:5000/rootDesc.xml
 st: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1

Found valid IGD : http://192.168.1.1:5000/hVtMall/ctl/IPConn
Local LAN ip address : 192.168.1.154
Connection Type : IP_Routed
Status : Connected, uptime=5418177s, LastConnectionError : ERROR_NONE
  Time started : Mon Aug 16 17:20:00 2021
MaxBitRateDown : 1000000000 bps (1000.0 Mbps)   MaxBitRateUp 1000000000 bps (1000.0 Mbps)
ExternalIPAddress = XXX
 i protocol exPort->inAddr:inPort description remoteHost leaseTime
 0 TCP 65226->192.168.1.226:19999 '192.168.1.226 log' '88.118.240.10' 0
GetGenericPortMappingEntry() returned 713 (SpecifiedArrayIndexInvalid)

upnp configuration on (B)

config upnpd 'config'
        option enabled '1'
        option ext_ip_reserved_ignore '1'
        option enable_natpmp '1'
        option enable_upnp '1'
        option secure_mode '1'
        option log_output '0'
        option download '1024'
        option upload '512'
        option internal_iface 'lan'
        option port '5000'
        option upnp_lease_file '/var/run/miniupnpd.leases'
        option igdv1 '1'
        option uuid 'dd1a76c8-dc19-4b0d-ae9e-dd5753b02610'

config perm_rule
        option action 'allow'
        option ext_ports '1024-65535'
        option int_addr '0.0.0.0/0'
        option int_ports '1024-65535'
        option comment 'Allow high ports'

config perm_rule
        option action 'deny'
        option ext_ports '0-2000'
        option int_addr '0.0.0.0/0'
        option int_ports '0-2000'
        option comment 'Default deny'
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no uPNP expert, but what are you trying to achieve ?

the only "error" I can see is the GetExternalIPAddress which isn't necessarily an issue ...

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I'm trying to create custom packages that work with upnp for my assignments with libupnp i'd guess, for example, on an openwrt machine, log all ports that clients failed to open, I am now trying to study how miniupnp client and daemon work overall.
On (C) client I can't even add port redirections

upnpc -a 192.168.97.212 5000 5000 tcp
List of UPNP devices found on the network :
 desc: http://192.168.97.1:5000/rootDesc.xml
 st: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1

Found a (not connected?) IGD : http://192.168.97.1:5000/ctl/IPConn
Trying to continue anyway
Local LAN ip address : 192.168.97.212
GetExternalIPAddress failed.
AddPortMapping(5000, 5000, 192.168.97.212) failed with code 501 (Action Failed)
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Hi, did you manage to understand how to solve?