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I cant port forward no matter what I do.
I've try to port forward using this router before and it work brilliantly. Today, when I try to port forward, it doesnt work. I've try to fix it by: -Factory reset the router. (button and through ...
I've found the solution. For me, my main PC does not connect my port to my public IP, therefore I use my old windows 7 laptop as a internal IP and the server. I port forward the server and went on canyouseeme.org and it see the port. The problem is, probably, somewhere in my main PC, there is a Windows problem that doesn't allow the public IP to work. It probably can be fix with a new installation of Windows. Therefore, I use my laptop now to run the server and it work fine.
> I can[']t port forward no matter what I do.
Think, for a moment, how little useful information that
non-description conveys to the non-psychics in your audience.
"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.
> I've try to port forward using this router before [...]
Why were you using port forwarding?
> Today, when I try to port forward, it doesnt work. [...]
Why are you trying to use port forwarding? Regarding "doesn[']t
work", see "not a useful problem description [...]", above.
What are your actual port-forwarding rules? Copy+paste is your
friend.
> -change the public IP with the ISP.
What is the router's WAN/Internet IP address? Is that your public IP
address? ("a.b" of "a.b.c.d" would be enough of your public IP address
to satisfy my curiosity.)
The usual problems with this stuff are:
1. Wrong external IP address (different from the port-forwarding
router's WAN/Internet IP address). (An intermediate NAT router, for
example, could cause this. Or an ISP using carrier-grade NAT to
conserve IPv4 addresses.)
2. Bad port-forwarding rule (wrong port(s), wrong target address --
including a wandering target).
3. Server not listening on the port-forwarding target system.
4. External influences: ISP blocking, other firewalls, ...
Now that I've noticed the attached picture, ...
What's at "192.168.1.10"? Is that a reserved address for some device
(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.
What I did is, Im trying to port forward to a port to host a Minecraft/ video games server. I went into the router, go into the advanced tab and port forwarding/ port triggering. I then add a custom service, port 25565 as the same internal and external port. I then go into cmd and type ipconfig and use the IPv4 that is assign to my pc. I haven't try to set a static IP yet, I do not think thats that the issue. After, I ran the server file and try to join the server using my public IP and it couldn't connect. I try canyouseeme.org and it said the port is close.
>Why were you using port forwarding?
To host a server to play Minecraft with my friends.
>What are your actual port-forwarding rules? Copy+paste is your
friend.
I assume you're talking about the port forward menu. If this is not correct, can you please explain further about port forwarding rules.
Service Name Protocol TCP/UDP TCP UDP External Port Range (1~65534) (Use commas to separate ports and/or port ranges. For example: 30, 50–60, 65500–65510) Use the same port range for Internal port
Internal Port Range
(1~65534) Internal IP address . . . Or select from currently attached devices
> What is the router's WAN/Internet IP address? Is that your public IP
address? ("a.b" of "a.b.c.d" would be enough of your public IP address
to satisfy my curiosity.)
I double check and my IP address for my internet port is the same address as my public IP. I assume "a.b" is 47.205
>The usual problems with this stuff are:
For number 1. I've double check that the IP address of the internet port is the same as the public IP. "(An intermediate NAT router, for
example, could cause this. Or an ISP using carrier-grade NAT to conserve IPv4 addresses.)" I dont under stand what that mean. Can you explain more?
For number 2. I'm pretty sure I got the right port and right IPv4 address of my PC. I do not understand whats " wandering target" mean. Can you explain?
For number 3. "Server not listening on the port-forwarding target system." Can you explain it more?
For number 4. I disable my PC firewall, I do not know where the Nighthawk R7000P firewall setting is, So I assume that it wasn't a obstruction to port forwarding. As for ISP, I've contact them, they said they only block ports 80 and 25.
>What's at "192.168.1.10"? Is that a reserved address for some device
(server)?
That is the IPv4 address for my PC yesterday. I did not set it to a static IP so it changes. Today my new IPv4 is 192.168.1.12