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Port forwarding not working
I have been trying for 2 days now to get any port (specifically 25565) to forward on my router with 0 luck whatsoever. The port is in use by my server, I can access it through ssh, see the port in use and can connect locally to the game server that it is running. However, I cannot connect to the server over the internet because this port just will not open up. I went through all of the steps in the advanced tab under port forwarding/triggering and got nothing to happen. I've done port forwarding many many times before, for some reason this model of router just does not want to forward any of the ports for me. Is there something I am missing here?
Attached screenshot for reference
Got help from the Linux community on this one. Turned out to be a strange firewall issue on the server that was overlooked.
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> Model: R7800|Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Wifi Router
Is that accurate? Firmware version? Connected to what?
> [...] I cannot connect to the server over the internet [...]
"cannot" 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.https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106
> Attached screenshot for reference
Did you look at what you posted?
Not sure what happened to the screenshot. It was supposed to be of my port forwarding settings.
And yes, that is my router, Firmware v1.0.2.68.
The only "errors" I am getting are that when I attempt to connect to the server over the internet it times out. When I test to see if the ports are open anywhere it says that they are still closed despite the server being open and running on that port.
> [...] The only "errors" I am getting are that when I attempt to
> connect to the server over the internet it times out. [...]"attempt to connect" how, exactly?
> [...] When I test to see if the ports are open anywhere it says that
> they are still closed [...]"test" how, exactly?
> [...] Connected to what?Still wondering.
> https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106
Did you look at the tests and questions in that thread?
This whole Q&A thing works better when every Q gets an A. Look for
"?".
