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Minecraft Port Fowarding
So I have a D6220 router (not an option to put in for some reason) I’ve been trying to forward my ports to play minecraft (25565) with my friends for at least 2 days now, I’ve watched videos and done everything the same step by step of the way but my ports never open and no matter what I do they won’t open, can anyone please help cause this is beyond annoying
> I'm not too sure what you mean by value here
The _numbers_. The actual _numbers_. Not "like xxx.xx.xx.xx" or
"the number i get when i search for my public IP". The actual
_numbers_. I don't even need _all_ of them; the first half would be
fine:> [...] "a.b" out of "a.b.c.d" would be enough.
> [...] im sorry but it dispays like xxx.xx.xx.xx but that number does
> not match the number i get when i search for my public IPThat could be your problem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT
If your ISP is using carrier-grade NAT, then your router will not get
a public WAN/Internet IP address, and so you will not be able to make
port forwarding work.
You could try asking your ISP if you can get a public address. They
might charge extra for that, if they'll do it at all. Some ISPs dislike
servers for residential customers.
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Zoiinkzz wrote:
So I have a D6220 router (not an option to put in for some reason) ...Probably because it is a modem/router and you have posted in the section given over to Nighthawk WiFi Routers. You might get better and quicker replies, and find other answers, over in the appropriate section for your device:
DSL Modems & Routers
Zoiinkzz wrote:
.... I’ve watched videos and done everything the same step by step of the way but my ports never open and no matter what I do they won’t openDid your research include a search of this place for Minecraft?
Search - NETGEAR Communities – undefined
Lots of hits.
There are people here who understand these things, but they can't help without clear details of what you want to do and what errors and messages you see when you try to do it.
- I’ve checked them all, one was similar but they had a modem and router separately but I just have one, if it’s a router modem combo what am I meant to do to fix the port forwarding?
Zoiinkzz wrote:
...if it’s a router modem combo what am I meant to do to fix the port forwarding?You should be able to ignore the modem bit.
Your router is the same as the standalone router when it comes to things like port forwarding.
