Cox and Port Forwarding

[Manomann]

Hey guys, I just got off the line with cox communications my provider, I have been attempting to port forward for about a week now. problem is non of my ports will open, every single port I check doesn't seem to work. So I attempted to call them the guy on the phone didn't know what port forwarding was and would talk over me as I tried to explain my problem, he then hung up after asking him what i should do next. I was going to call back but simply don't want to wait a half hour for someone to pick up and then not understand the problem.

So for example mine craft, a popular thing to port forward. I had a server up and working just fine a few months ago. people could join and it was working great. but after attempting to start the server up again my friends couldn't join I then went to see my problem, the port forwarding so I enter into the normal port range forwarding and I see port 25565 is already enabled. so I attempted to change the port in the config. this didn't work then I tried a port checking tool and non of the ports i tried would work what so ever.

Gist of the story, I need help understanding why port forwarding on my cox modem/router no longer works.

Modem/router: Cisco DPQ3925C
Provider: Cox communications.

Any help would be wonderful!

 

[ex_bubblehead]

If you are on a Cox residential account servers are prohibited. They may have noticed the traffic and blocked it.

 

[Manomann]

Alright well thanks for answering, I guess I never got the memo that they were banning self hosted servers. Man now I see why everyone has been hating cox, their customer support used to be so helpful and their speeds quick but I guess those days are gone. probably just going to run themselves into the ground. haha. thanks man.