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port forwarding on AC 1200 router not working
I am trying to setup a minecraft server for which I need to port forward the 25565 port. I have the minecraft server up and running and made sure its using the port 25565. I also made sure that my co...
> Model: R6120|AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Router
Firmware version? Connected to what?
> I am trying to setup a minecraft server [...]
On the device at "192.168.1.2"?
> [...] still my friends can't join to my minecraft server. [...]
"can't" is not a useful problem description. It does not say
what you did. It does not say what happened when you did it. As usual,
showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.
For the usual problems with port forwarding, see:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106
Note that completely obscuring your external/public IP address is not
helpful.
Model: R6120|AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Router
> Firmware version? V1.0.0.76 Connected to what? Router is connected to broadband and Computer is connected to the router with ethernet. not sure if that's what you were asking
> I am trying to setup a minecraft server [...]
On the device at "192.168.1.2"? Yes. I have also reserved this address for this particular computer to avoid problems after restarting router
>In minecraft, I gave my friends my public IP address which I got from https://www.whatismyip.com/
I asked them to add a new server in minecraft multiplayer but they got an error message which I am attaching a screenshot of.
All four LED indicators of my router are on and I see no change in it.
I am not sure what help could my real public IP address be but its something like this 1.186.***.***