Need help with port forwarding

[bigmouthbob1]

So I was making a game server for Minecraft and everything worked fine with that, but then I went to set up port forwarding and I have no idea how to do that, so if someone could list the steps to do that or if you want to get on a discord call that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Acedia]

It's done on your router. Check it's web gui.

[bigmouthbob1]

21 minutes ago, Acedia said:

It's done on your router. Check it's web gui.

Web GUI? Where would I find that?

[toasty6776]

10 minutes ago, bigmouthbob1 said:

Web GUI? Where would I find that?

Open cmd and type in ipconfig. Under default gateway, you will find the IP address of your router. Put that IP into your web browser and you should be in your router's GUI.

[bigmouthbob1]

22 minutes ago, toasty6776 said:

Open cmd and type in ipconfig. Under default gateway, you will find the IP address of your router. Put that IP into your web browser and you should be in your router's GUI.

Ok I got there and logged in, now what

[toasty6776]

There should be a setting for port forwarding somewhere in there. Maybe hit up google with "[Your Router model] port forwarding"

[bigmouthbob1]

6 minutes ago, toasty6776 said:

There should be a setting for port forwarding somewhere in there. Maybe hit up google with "[Your Router model] port forwarding"

Ok I found this screen, now what

[toasty6776]

What ports exactly do you want to forward and what protocol should be used (e.g. Teamspeak uses Port 9987 TCP)

[bigmouthbob1]

5 minutes ago, toasty6776 said:

What ports exactly do you want to forward and what protocol should be used (e.g. Teamspeak uses Port 9987 TCP)

That’s the part I’m confused on, I’m just trying to run a Minecraft server

[toasty6776]

According to the Minecraft Wiki, it's port 25565 TCP.

EDIT: So put TCP for protocol and enter 25565 in both port start fields and both port end fields (local and wan). Then set the device to the machine the server is running on and you should be good to go.

[bigmouthbob1]

4 minutes ago, toasty6776 said:

According to the Minecraft Wiki, it's port 25565 TCP.

EDIT: So put TCP for protocol and enter 25565 in both port start fields and both port end fields (local and wan). Then set the device to the machine the server is running on and you should be good to go.

Should I have the device selected or the IP address selected

[toasty6776]

Just now, bigmouthbob1 said:

Should I have the device selected or the IP address selected

Doesn't make a difference. Your router knows what IP address is behind every device name. Just use whatever you find easier.

[bigmouthbob1]

8 minutes ago, toasty6776 said:

Doesn't make a difference. Your router knows what IP address is behind every device name. Just use whatever you find easier.

Also what do you mean by set the device to the machine it’s running on. EDIT: when I start the server up it pops up with this, so should I put this in instead of 25565

[toasty6776]

18 hours ago, bigmouthbob1 said:

Also what do you mean by set the device to the machine it’s running on. EDIT: when I start the server up it pops up with this, so should I put this in instead of 25565

Maybe try port 19132 then. What I mean by setting the device is, that you should set the "device" dropdown field on your router to the computer that's running the Minecraft server (probably either your gaming rig or a dedicated server on your network).

[bigmouthbob1]

6 hours ago, gk4622 said:

In your router put the port start at 25565 and then set the port end at 19132

would it be the other way around?

[bigmouthbob1]

19 minutes ago, gk4622 said:

no, the start port get forwarded to the end port

my router does not allow me to do that

[bigmouthbob1]

7 hours ago, gk4622 said:

and when you are connecting to the server, if it is hosted on the same PC you are playing Minecraft on for the server address put localhost:19132 If you are connecting to a dedicated server on your network go to ipconfig in the cmd prompt on the PC where the server is being hosted from and look for IPv4 Address (Ex: 192.168.16.115) and use that instead of localhost when connecting so when you type in the server address it should look like this dedicatedserveraddress:19132

what if someone else is connecting to my computer from another network

[bigmouthbob1]

6 minutes ago, gk4622 said:

wym?

so do you mean that i need to both LAN to 26656 and both the WAN to 19132?

[bigmouthbob1]

Just now, gk4622 said:

the other way around

that makes a lot more sense