NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Port Forwarding 25565
I am trying to portforward to my Minecraft server, which is hosted on my local network. I have a public IP through my ISP and can connect to my local web server on port 80 with no troubles. My...
Hi prosportal, have you port forwarded 25565 inbound/outbound for the server connected to the router? If you haven't then it will not be accessible from the Internet.
If you have then yes it is entirely possible it's been blocked at the ISP level in which case you can phone them and request they unblock that port.
If you have then yes it is entirely possible it's been blocked at the ISP level in which case you can phone them and request they unblock that port.
Thank you for your reply. I have allowed both inbound and outbound through the Windows Firewall, as well as configured DMZ to the server this port is running on.
I contacted my ISP who stated they do not block any ports by default.
- After doing that is it now accessible from the internet?
No, unfortunately, it is not.
- Okay I would recommend calling Netgear Support, they will be able to help you resolve the issue much quicker. If you go here: http://support.netgear.com/ and login you should be able to find a phone number to call.