Help Port Forwarding will not work

[BluePickle151]

Hi so I HAD a forum on google but it now says that its can't be found. I made a forum on windows 10. Here is a link to it https://www.tenforums.com/network-sharing/165471-help-port-forwarding-will-not-work.html?165471=#post2033380

I would really appreciate it if you help me out here.

[ImAlsoRan]

Is it an issue with your internet settings? Try to connect to the internet through your GUI using startx

[BluePickle151]

24 minutes ago, ImAlsoRan said:

Is it an issue with your internet settings? Try to connect to the internet through your GUI using startx

Ok how do I do that

[BluePickle151]

Ok so I talked to arris and they said that my modem could not be bridged. I am wondering now if that is the issue.

[BluePickle151]

Also I don't know if this helps but this is the error I get when trying to load into the server on a different WIFI.

[BluePickle151]

Ok so I checked my external address with the 25565 port on a port checker which it said it was open but my server ip address with 25565 was not open so I asked my friend if he could join the server with my external address and he could!! I don't know why its working now maybe because I got rid of the port forwarding rule and ip reservation and then put it back but I did that before and it did nothing.

[kirashi]

On 9/29/2020 at 5:29 PM, BluePickle151 said:

Hi so I HAD a forum on google but it now says that its can't be found. I made a forum on windows 10. Here is a link to it https://www.tenforums.com/network-sharing/165471-help-port-forwarding-will-not-work.html?165471=#post2033380

I would really appreciate it if you help me out here.

Some modems / routers don't support NAT loopback, which can prevent LOCAL network devices from reaching a server running inside the LOCAL network using the EXTERNAL public IP address. Since your friend can connect to the server using your EXTERNAL IP address, that tells us port forwarding is either working or not required. Have you tried connecting to your Minecraft server using the LOCAL IP address of the server?

[BluePickle151]

22 hours ago, kirashi said:

Some modems / routers don't support NAT loopback, which can prevent LOCAL network devices from reaching a server running inside the LOCAL network using the EXTERNAL public IP address. Since your friend can connect to the server using your EXTERNAL IP address, that tells us port forwarding is either working or not required. Have you tried connecting to your Minecraft server using the LOCAL IP address of the server?

Yes I have connected to it with my local Ip but it is working now.