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Port forwarding on R6400v2
so today I was setting up a minecraft server and when i proceeded to port forward it i got this, down below. there is no way to change the external starting point or ending point and no way to set i...
Aredjay wrote:
I do think this has something to do with firewall, most likely on the router.
That's just a guess at this point. I don't know about Armor, but the normal NAT firewall in your router won't interfere with the forwarding. Does your router support Armor? If so, did you enable it?
Also, what device is in front of your Netgear router? If it is a gateway, you might also need to add a forwarding rule there (forwarding the port to the Netgear router). If you aren't sure what it is, post the manufacturer and model here.
Other things to look at:
- See if he can "ping" your router using the DDNS name. https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-do-a-ping-test-windows-10
- Did you confirm that that the forwarded port was open? There are several websites you can use for that - https://www.canyouseeme.org/ is one.
- Did you double-check that the forwarding destination is going to your minecraft server's local IP address
StephenB It didnt work, It says that the connection was refuzed and he cant join my minecraft server. I do think this has something to do with firewall, most likely on the router.
How do i turn it off? Like netgear armor or whatever?
Aredjay wrote:
I do think this has something to do with firewall, most likely on the router.
That's just a guess at this point. I don't know about Armor, but the normal NAT firewall in your router won't interfere with the forwarding. Does your router support Armor? If so, did you enable it?
Also, what device is in front of your Netgear router? If it is a gateway, you might also need to add a forwarding rule there (forwarding the port to the Netgear router). If you aren't sure what it is, post the manufacturer and model here.
Other things to look at:
- See if he can "ping" your router using the DDNS name. https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-do-a-ping-test-windows-10
- Did you confirm that that the forwarded port was open? There are several websites you can use for that - https://www.canyouseeme.org/ is one.
- Did you double-check that the forwarding destination is going to your minecraft server's local IP address
well, i never figured it out, its a problem with netgear i think or my router, followed many tuttorials, it just nevr worked! im gonna close this disscussion and quit.
Your R6400v2 router does have public IPv4 address on it's WAN/Internet interface, or does your ISP (or in-house network service) deploy Carrier Grade NAT (RFC6598, or even worse private RFC1918) IPv4 addresses?
Compare the information shown on your router Web UI WAN/Internet port vs. a search for "what is my IP address"!
Is the R6400v2 connected behind another NAT router?
Any ISP side firewall provisions in place?
PS. Stolen my own post from another similar thread -> https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Port-open-with-UPNP-but-finally-not-accessible/m-p/2001435#M173065 ... all this is much more likle than a problem with the router port forwarding.
