Help Port Forwarding!

[Penurious]

So a buddy and I want to start a Minecraft server, and I've gone through all the necessary steps to port forward but it still seems like it's not working he still can't connect, but I could connect through local host. Is there anyone that could maybe wanna skype and help me?

Router: Linksky E3000 v1.0.06

[kxrider85]

Be sure you are port-forwarding to you ipv4 address

[Penurious]

Be sure you are port-forwarding to you ipv4 address

I did

[tt2468]

I did

Make sure the protocol is set to tcp, port is set on both ends to 25565, make sure you are giving out your external ip (ipchicken.com). These are some common mistakes I see people make.

[Guest Gabbs]

Do you want to play over the internet or local network?

[Penurious]

Do you want to play over the internet or local network?

Internet

[Penurious]

Make sure the protocol is set to tcp, port is set on both ends to 25565, make sure you are giving out your external ip (ipchicken.com). These are some common mistakes I see people make.

Ive done all of that, even my firewall is down, it makess no sense

[.spider.]

Ive done all of that, even my firewall is down, it makess no sense

And the firewall on the server? 

[kxrider85]

Are port forwarding to the ip that you see on ipchicken or the one I told you to do