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akqua
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May 10, 2021

Unnable to port forward. Connection Timed Out.

I am trying to port forward my minecraft server so my friends can join but it seems to have a problem with doing so.
When I join the server through the internal address (192.168.1.26:25565) it works, so I know the server is working perfectly.

But when I connect to my external ip using (ip):25565 it says connection timed out (in game and in canyouseeme.org).

The strangest thing is this setup has worked for me for the last two years but then suddenly stopped working and I can't figure out why. I have disabled all firewalls and also tried using different ports, but that hasn't fixed the issue.

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    May 10, 2021

    > Model: RAX120|Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream WiFi Router

     

       RAX120[v1] or RAX120v2?  Look for "Model" on the product label.
    Firmware version?  Connected to what?

     

    > [...] when I connect to my external ip [address] [...]

     

       "connect" from where?  A system on your LAN, or a system in the
    outside world, or what?  And that address is...?  If you're worried
    about revealing secrets, then the top half of the address, "a.b" out of
    "a.b.c.d", would satisfy most of my curiosity.

          ADVANCED > ADVANCED Home : Internet Port : Internet IP Address

     

    > [...] it says connection timed out [...]

     

       Hmmm.  The usual error from bad port forwarding is "connection
    refused".  "connection timed out" suggests that communication was
    established with the target server (so port forwarding worked), but the
    server's responses were not getting back to the client.


       As an educational experiment, you might try specifying a bad port
    number in a port-forwarding rule or a server address:port specification,
    and seeing if that error message changes.

     

    > [...] this setup has worked for me for the last two years but then
    > suddenly stopped working [...]

     

       Firmware update?  Some other odd-ball change?

     

    > [...] I have disabled all firewalls [...]

     

       With my weak psychic powers, I don't know what "all firewalls" means
    here.  But that "connection timed out" complaint would be consistent
    with a firewall blocking some traffic.

     

       No wireless "guest network" involved, I trust.

     

       For the usual problems with port forwarding, see:

     

          https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106


       You seem to have covered much of the stuff there, but not all.