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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.
> "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.
Got help from the Linux community on this one. Turned out to be a strange firewall issue on the server that was overlooked.