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I have been trying to port forward a Minecraft server for fun, however the port will not open no matter how many times I try. Here's what I've been doing:
Enter 192.168.1.1 in browser and log in. Once on the home screen -> advanced -> port forwarding rules -> add port -> tcp -> any source -> single destination: 25565 (default port for a Minecraft server) -> add port -> udp -> any source -> single destination: 25565 -> apply -> fire wall settings -> typical security -> port forwarding -> select my computer I am on -> select the port forward I had previously created -> add -> resolve now & apply.
The status shows as active, but when I use a site like checkmyports.net, it states that the port is closed.
Is anyone else having port forwarding issues? What's the problem? Did I miss something?
Thanks in advance.
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I forgot to mention that my router's model is Actiontec MI424WR Rev. I.
I don't know if that will help or not.
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@smith2630 wrote:
You need to make incoming port the same as destination. People connecting to your server from outside will be hitting your outside ip with the minecraft port and you want to forward the to your server ip on the same minecraft port. If you use any you are saying forward all traffic to my minecraft server.
No, he is correct, the rule should say
device ip address tcp any -> destination port
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@KevinC45 wrote:I have been trying to port forward a Minecraft server for fun, however the port will not open no matter how many times I try. Here's what I've been doing:
Enter 192.168.1.1 in browser and log in. Once on the home screen -> advanced -> port forwarding rules -> add port -> tcp -> any source -> single destination: 25565 (default port for a Minecraft server) -> add port -> udp -> any source -> single destination: 25565 -> apply -> fire wall settings -> typical security -> port forwarding -> select my computer I am on -> select the port forward I had previously created -> add -> resolve now & apply.
The status shows as active, but when I use a site like checkmyports.net, it states that the port is closed.
Is anyone else having port forwarding issues? What's the problem? Did I miss something?
Thanks in advance.
Do you have an application on the internal device that is listening on port 25565? Port will only report as open if there is a listening appliaction on the port on the destination device.
Try something simple that we know works e.g. remote desktop which uses port 3389
Enable remote desktop on your computer - typically right mouse click my computer, select properties, select remote settings, select remote, select Allow connections any version.
now logon to router
select firewall settings
select port forwarding
specify ip address of your machine
select Remote Desktop from services - will show tcp any -> 3389 udp any -> 3389
select add
select apply
Now try checkmyport.net and test port 3389
If it doesn't show as open then it sounds like a firewall issue
In either case you'll probably want to go back in and turn off remote desktop access unless you really want to access your machine from the outside.
let us know the results.