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Minecraft issues - Netgear Nighthawk AC1750
I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to run a Minecraft server on my Nighthawk router since I purchased it in early February and I figured I could ask for help here. I’m experienced in running Minecraft se...
- I fixed the problem. If anybody else sees this thread in the future, my issue was with Windows Defender firewall. Adding an exception for the server fixed my issue and everything is working as it should.
Thank you for being not only unhelpful, but unexpectedly rude.
The router is R6700v3.
When I, or somebody not connected to my local network, tries to connect to my running server using my external IP address, I get the error “io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectionException: Connection timed out: no further information:”
When I, or somebody not connected to my local network, tries to connect to my running server using my external IP address, I get the error “io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectionException: Connection timed out: no further information:”
this is my port forwarding setup
this is my error message
- I fixed the problem. If anybody else sees this thread in the future, my issue was with Windows Defender firewall. Adding an exception for the server fixed my issue and everything is working as it should.
Thank you for being not only unhelpful, but unexpectedly rude.> I fixed the problem. [...]
Congratulations.
> [...] my issue was with Windows Defender firewall. [...]
Does that mean that you got as far as item 4 in that cited list of
"usual problems"?> 4. External influences: ISP blocking, other firewalls, ...
Or did you not bother to look at that list? I saw approximately no
evidence that you tried any of those tests, or answered any of the
questions there.> Thank you for being not only unhelpful, but unexpectedly rude.
You're welcome. What I find "unhelpful" and "rude" is a failure to
provide information which is either obviously important or specifically
requested.
> [...] Connection timed out [...]That would suggest a communication failure unrelated to the router's
port forwarding. Such as a firewall might cause.
