my router won't port foreword

[rxtr113t]

my router is Orbi RBR50 connected directly without a modem from fiber media converter up to date with the latest updates.

the computer I'm trying all of this is a windows 11 pc but the same issue was also when it had windows 10 so it's probably not it.

 

so I have this problem because I'm assuming I'm just making some mistake  one else seem to talk about so no guides actually help.

I've  tried to set up a server so me and some friends could play together and time after time the  same issue and I just give up on the matter.

when trying to open a port for Minecraft or some other game (like the forest port I'm trying to open in the attached picture the necessary ports are 8766,27015,27016 ) no one from the outside my network can join in and the server shows and plays normally on Lan.

I've tried manually setting rules in the firewall to allow in and out traffic for said ports( after setting the port forwarding like in the picture) didn't help.

I've tried disabling the firewall and antivirus completely again nothing changed.

any site like https://www.canyouseeme.org always shows the ports as closed for any port i try to check.

 

 

any help would be apricated!

[Eigenvektor]

Could be your ISP blocking these ports, some do.

[rxtr113t]

6 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

Could be your ISP blocking these ports, some do.

if they are is simply calling them and asking them to unblock them work? 

[BetteBalterZen]

8 minutes ago, rxtr113t said:

if they are is simply calling them and asking them to unblock them work? 

Yup, just call them

[Alex Atkin UK]

23 minutes ago, rxtr113t said:

my router is Orbi RBR50 connected directly without a modem from fiber media converter up to date with the latest updates.

the computer I'm trying all of this is a windows 11 pc but the same issue was also when it had windows 10 so it's probably not it.

 

so I have this problem because I'm assuming I'm just making some mistake  one else seem to talk about so no guides actually help.

I've  tried to set up a server so me and some friends could play together and time after time the  same issue and I just give up on the matter.

when trying to open a port for Minecraft or some other game (like the forest port I'm trying to open in the attached picture the necessary ports are 8766,27015,27016 ) no one from the outside my network can join in and the server shows and plays normally on Lan.

I've tried manually setting rules in the firewall to allow in and out traffic for said ports( after setting the port forwarding like in the picture) didn't help.

I've tried disabling the firewall and antivirus completely again nothing changed.

any site like https://www.canyouseeme.org always shows the ports as closed for any port i try to check.

 

 

any help would be apricated!

Does your router say what your WAN IP address is?  If its between 100.64.0.0 and 100.127 than you have CG-NAT and cannot port forward, you'd have to see if your ISP lets you pay for a static public IP address.

Sometimes they may also use standard private IP ranges which also prevents port forwarding:

• Class A: 10.0.0.0 — 10.255.255.255

• Class B: 172.16.0.0 — 172.31.255.255 

• Class C: 192.168.0.0 — 192.168.255.255 

An IP in any other range should work however (unless its been explicitly blocked as mentioned above).

 

You also need to make sure the firewall on Windows is allowing incoming connections, although if you can connect to it from a different PC on the LAN then that would suggest it is allowed in the firewall already.

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

I see a syntax error in your port range field. The example shows a port range like this:

 

65500 - 65510

 

While yours looks like this:

 

65500-65510

 

Maybe add the spaces as shown in the example?

[rxtr113t]

3 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Does your router say what your WAN IP address is?  If its between 100.64.0.0 and 100.127 than you have CG-NAT and cannot port forward, you'd have to see if your ISP lets you pay for a static public IP address.

Sometimes they may also use standard private IP ranges which also prevents port forwarding:

• Class A: 10.0.0.0 — 10.255.255.255

• Class B: 172.16.0.0 — 172.31.255.255 

• Class C: 192.168.0.0 — 192.168.255.255 

An IP in any other range should work however (unless its been explicitly blocked as mentioned above).

 

You also need to make sure the firewall on Windows is allowing incoming connections, although if you can connect to it from a different PC on the LAN then that would suggest it is allowed in the firewall already.

excuse my ignorance but how can I check my WAN IP address?  are you referring to this? and if so all i need to do is change the setting from getting the ip from the isp to a static one that i need to ask/pay them to give me? 

and all my internal ip address on the network also seem to be on "CLASS C" so is changing to static ip fix it?

[Lurick]

13 minutes ago, rxtr113t said:

excuse my ignorance but how can I check my WAN IP address?  are you referring to this? and if so all i need to do is change the setting from getting the ip from the isp to a static one that i need to ask/pay them to give me? 

and all my internal ip address on the network also seem to be on "CLASS C" so is changing to static ip fix it?

Yes, you're being CG-NAT so you'd have to call and see if they offer a public static IP address instead that's not behind their CG-NAT setup. There is a good possibility they don't offer that so you'd be SOL in that case.

[TomChaai]

1 hour ago, rxtr113t said:

excuse my ignorance but how can I check my WAN IP address?  are you referring to this? and if so all i need to do is change the setting from getting the ip from the isp to a static one that i need to ask/pay them to give me? 

and all my internal ip address on the network also seem to be on "CLASS C" so is changing to static ip fix it?

This is CGNAT range, your router never got a WAN IP in the first place, no port forwarding will work.

[rxtr113t]

6 hours ago, Lurick said:

Yes, you're being CG-NAT so you'd have to call and see if they offer a public static IP address instead that's not behind their CG-NAT setup. There is a good possibility they don't offer that so you'd be SOL in that case

 

so there's nothing I can do if they don't offer me a static IP? would changing ISP could resolve it or I'm basically stuck because of the infrastructure in my area?  

[TomChaai]

11 hours ago, rxtr113t said:

 

so there's nothing I can do if they don't offer me a static IP? would changing ISP could resolve it or I'm basically stuck because of the infrastructure in my area?  

We don't know because it's your ISP, you talk to them to find out.

[Alex Atkin UK]

15 hours ago, rxtr113t said:

 

so there's nothing I can do if they don't offer me a static IP? would changing ISP could resolve it or I'm basically stuck because of the infrastructure in my area?  

Other ISPs might offer it, you'd have to ask them.

 

You could also use a gaming VPN or other similar service which should work with any ISP.