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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 us...
Got help from the Linux community on this one. Turned out to be a strange firewall issue on the server that was overlooked.
> 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
"?".> "attempt to connect" how, exactly?
From the game client on another computer. I can connect via LAN, but not from another computer that is not attached to the same network.
> "test" how, exactly?
Using port checking websites to verify that they have been opened correctly.
>> [...] Connected to what?
> Still wondering.
An old PC that I am using as a server. It worked fine as a file and web server. It's now being used as a game server for my son to play Minecraft with his friends, but is only working on LAN, his friends cannot connect over the internet to play with him. I've tried remotely using the static IP that was set up as well.
> https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1859106
> Did you look at the tests and questions in that thread?
Yea, that didn't really help either. Not really sure why this is so difficult. Just trying to forward a port and make sure it opens. I've done this a bunch of times over the years and never had an issue with it until I bought this router.
> >> [...] Connected to what?
>
> > Still wondering.
>
> An old PC that I am using as a server. [...]And its WAN/Internet port?
> Yea, that didn't really help either. [...]
What, exactly, "didn't really help"? (Other than that answer, of
course.)> showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
> messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
> descriptions or interpretations.Which part of "actual" was unclear?
> [...] Not really sure why this is so difficult. [...]
One reason might be that the non-psychics in your audience can't see
what you're doing, and what happens when you do it. Another reason
might be that you seem unable to answer basic questions in a useful way.> [...] I've done this a bunch of times over the years and never had an
> issue with it until I bought this router.Sadly, I have no better idea of what you did before than I have of
what you're doing now.