[Guide] for "even though i port forwarded no one can connect to my server" Problem

1. Check your EXTERNAL ip adress. You can find it Here
2. Make sure you port forwarded properly and matched up the port in the server.properties and both UDP and TCP are on
3. Check to see if you have 2 routers(if you don't then This guide won't help you)
4. Go on to the first router's page to find the Default Gateway (that is your other router's ip)
5. Connect to that router and find DMZ host (usually found under firewall)
6. Type in the first routers ip (found near the Default Gateway and is NOT the ip you connected to to get to the first router management consol)
7. If there is a checkbox, check it
8. Apply/save changes
9. get someone to test it out again using your EXTERNAL IP adress.

Still isn't clear enough? Go HERE and follow instructions there.

Hope this helped alot of people and will lessen the "NO ONE CAN CONNECT TO MY SERVER OMG I WANT TO DIE" threads



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EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

No need to bump this Zeus. We can link people to this post when they have problems connecting.

 

Aight. Cool i thought this needed to be put under Resources but i guess not