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C6300 Port Forwarding not working
I am struggling to make port forwarding happen. Please find attached a png that is a set of screenshots of what I have set up. What did I get wrong? I have a static IP configured for the server (it...
Ah thanks for the keyword 'loopback'. I did the test with the external IP and it wasn't working. So I tried a different game just to be extra-sure, and that worked. What's different? I guessed it was maybe 'Java' for Minecraft. 'java' and 'loopback' led me to some ineffective things to change, but then I came across this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAEkA2LEyb8
There's more than a few Java-related items that Windows firewall blocks, so enabling them all got things working again.
Thanks for walking me through the elimination testing - that keyword of 'loopback' sparked me down a path I had not gone down deep enough.
Log.png (attached to my last post) shows that the router recognizes activity from a test website (I've tried several, thought I've reset the logs in between) and recognizes where I'd like them forwarded, it's just the test websites do not report the port open. I said seems, because it seems to me that all the configuration is correct, and the router reports what I want it to do. Is there something in the pictures I attached that is incorrect? If there's another section of the settings to include, please let me know.
I've attached the results of the test you recommended.
I have no other router or repeater - this is a straightforward setup. I've tried both wired and wireless connections for the server. In both cases LAN addresses can connect successfully and WAN addresses do not.
>> If your ISP is causing the problem...
Is there a way for me to confirm/prove that? I called them and _of course_ they say everything ought be working, so I'm not sure what action to take along these lines. My next step is to try a different brand of router.
Anyway, I assume since the settings as pictured were not addressed that they are reasonably configured. If there are additional pictures/sections of the UI I can provide that would help clarify, let me know. There aren't any "commands" to talk about. I configured the router for port forwarding and the games I am attempting to enable see LAN clients connect successfully, and WAN clients cannot. The log again seems to indicate that it is ready to forward, but it's just... not doing it. Maybe I'm reading that log wrong.
> IPCheck.png
Your WAN/Internet IP address is a valid public address, which covers
usual problem 1.
> NetGearSettings.png
Your port-forwarding rule 8 and address reservation seem plausible,
which covers usual problem 2.
> log.png
That connection log seems to show the desired port forwarding.
> You seem to have 2 and half of 3 covered.
Still true.
> [...] the games I am attempting to enable see LAN clients connect
> successfully, and WAN clients cannot. [...]
Eh? You lost me. There are two tests for problem 3. The first is:
Can you access the server from a system on your LAN using the
server's LAN IP address? [...]
That is, from a system on your LAN, can you access the (game) server
at "192.168.0.10:25565"? Success there proves that the (game) server is
listening on that port at that address.
The second test for problem 3 is:
Can you access the server from a system on your LAN using the
router's WAN/Internet IP address ("172.117.a.b:25565")?
Success there proves that port forwarding and NAT loopback (on the
router) are working.
The final test is like the second one, but from a system in the
outside world. If both internal tests work, but the test from the
outside world fails, then I'd tend to blame the ISP.
Ah thanks for the keyword 'loopback'. I did the test with the external IP and it wasn't working. So I tried a different game just to be extra-sure, and that worked. What's different? I guessed it was maybe 'Java' for Minecraft. 'java' and 'loopback' led me to some ineffective things to change, but then I came across this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAEkA2LEyb8
There's more than a few Java-related items that Windows firewall blocks, so enabling them all got things working again.
Thanks for walking me through the elimination testing - that keyword of 'loopback' sparked me down a path I had not gone down deep enough.