First off, my router is a D-Link DIR-655, firmware v2.07. I'm trying to port forward port 25565.
My port forward settings are this:
However, when I use this open port checker, it claims that I don't have that port open. It looks like this, without the blurred out parts:
Why is this? How c...
My firewall has an exception built in for port 25565, so the firewall isn't it. I'm trying to run a program that uses 25565, it's not another machine.
No, the minecraft server is my external IP (xxx.xxx.xxx.154) plus 25565 (so the full address to connect is xxx.xxx.xxx.154:25565). When I typed my external IP into the box, it gave me an error about how it was out of bounds of my LAN address
have you proved whether it's your LAN or windows firewall? you prove it by doing like nmap, from one computer to another's socket(IP:port), it's on the LAN, do it from another machine.
@chipperyman573 try to connect internally first, so not the external 154 address
@barlop If I type localhost or 127.0.0.1 into the address bar, it works. So I know it's not the program not working or something like that. Also, if I chose "open to LAN", I can connect over the LAN menu.
@chipperyman573 that would only test if you have a web server on 127.0.0.1:80 but you want to connect as you would to minecraft, on the port minecraft is on. can you do that internally like 127.0.0.1:6789 (if minecraft is there), and i don't know if you use an address bar to connect to minecraft
@chipperyman573 you're not listening.. Forget external ip for now. Try to connect from another machine on your lan, using your 192 address and minecraft port number. If -that- works, then try an online port scanner on your minecraft port.
@chipperyman573 then it could be that the server isn't actually running on the port, or it could be that the firewall is stopping it. What windows version are you using?
@barlop windows 7, and I just checked the server.properties file, and it says it's running off that port. The server runs with no errors. But besides minecraft, why won't canyouseeme.org or other sites like that say that I have an open port?
@chipperyman573 they only see an open port if a)the server is running b)the firewall is letting it in c)port forwarding is set up. You have to do tests to figure out which isn't working. and i'm more familiar with xp than 7. Open a cmd prompt and run netstat -aon | find "5677" (where you change 5677 to your minecraft port), what comes up?
@Spiff in windows there's netstat, and it seems that even when something is bound to 0.0.0.0, if you connect from 127.0.0.1 then netstat shows 127.0.0.1 and you wouldn't know it was bound to 0.0.0.0 i.e. you can only see how the server is bound by looking when the server is running and the client isn't.
that's good chipper,
it means the server is running and the client isn't
Okay, I know this is silly but have you tried restarting your router and resetting up the port forwarding? Sometimes routers can get bogged down and port forwarding settings actually don't work properly.
chipper, When you connect from another machine, do netstat -aon | find ":25" and see if it says Established. (that just makes sure 'cos all the messing around with localhost and it was running a different server!)
The client doesn't need to be running. I just want you to use that external website tool to check that [external IP address]:25565 is open while you've got the Minecraft server software running
Huh. Guys, this is interesting. I've found two places online talking about setting up the D-Link DIR-655 port forwarding for Minecraft, and both seem to say not to put anything in the IP address field of the port forwarding rules of the DIR-655.
@chipperyman573 For giggles, can you go to your DIR-655's "Firewall Settings" tab and disable the SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection firewall)? Then re-run the port check (with the port forwarding rule in place, and the minecraft server running).
I don't think I can add anything to this discussion so I found these two youtube videos with same router for a user on Windows 7. Maybe that might help, he does seem to imply changing some other settings so could give it a shot. (I know he's probably offline since he restarted router so if he doesn't get this it'd be great to forward it to him) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgryvL6vB70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSAfFhduSaY
Hey, just for kicks, can you un-check that port forwarding rule (on your DIR-655) and create a Virtual Server rule instead? They should be pretty much the same thing, but Virtual Server only lets you put in a single port (which is all you need, I'm pretty sure), whereas Port Forwarding lets you set port ranges.
I'm watching the YouTubes that @richardhsu found and linked to, but whoever created those videos doesn't know what he's talking about. He thinks "PPPoE Pass Thru" matters. I'm not sure I'd follow his advice.
Yes. Localhost points to 127.0.0.1, which is your machine's "loopback" address. It's an address your machine can use to talk to itself, even if it's not connected to any network at all.
So did your router reboot? Is the Virtual Server entry in place, and checked? Is the Port Forwarding entry unchecked? Is Minecraft server running? Does the open port check work?
@chipperyman573 By the way, you should probably turn the SPI back on, and it set the NAT Endpoint filtering to their defaults. Their defaults are more secure than what I had you set them to, and now that we found that the "Port Forwarding" page was busted, I don't think SPI or NAT Endpoint filtering were part of the problem.
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