Question Port Forwarding Not Working (Minecraft)

[micidontknowhelpme]

Hey everyone, I have tried to set up a server with port 25565, and it just doesn't work. The port is always closed. How do I fix this?

 

[Ralston18]

Do you have admin rights to your router?

What have you tried or done thus far and what exactly happened? Any error messages or pop-ups?

Reference links that should prove helpful:

https://www.howtogeek.com/66214/how-to-forward-ports-on-your-router/

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-port-forward-4163829

 

[micidontknowhelpme]

Yes I have tried both of those reference links. No errors it just says filtered.

EDIT: The router says the IP is 10.x.x.x.x which is a private IP, is there a way to fix that?

 

[bill001g]

You need to see if you ISP offers public IP addresses. Some charge extra and some do not offer the service for any price. You might look into a vpn service that offers fixed public ip. It likely is cheaper to just pay to host the server.

 

[micidontknowhelpme]

You need to see if you ISP offers public IP addresses. Some charge extra and some do not offer the service for any price. You might look into a vpn service that offers fixed public ip. It likely is cheaper to just pay to host the server.

Got a new up, still nothing

 

[bill001g]

So now you have a public IP ?

You checked that the IP you see in the router is the same as on things like whatsmyip.

Try using the DMZ option instead just to test. It tends to be simpler to setup. Some routers port forwarding rules are very confusing.

Make sure the program is actually running on that port. If nothing is active there will be no software to respond.
Temporarily turn the firewall off in the pc.

 

[micidontknowhelpme]

So now you have a public IP ?

You checked that the IP you see in the router is the same as on things like whatsmyip.

Try using the DMZ option instead just to test. It tends to be simpler to setup. Some routers port forwarding rules are very confusing.

Make sure the program is actually running on that port. If nothing is active there will be no software to respond.
Temporarily turn the firewall off in the pc.

Its working now! Just had to enable DMZ thanks for your help!

 

[bill001g]

Its working now! Just had to enable DMZ thanks for your help!

DMZ is not really a long term solution. It means you just have to work harder to get the correct port forwarding rules. When you run DMZ it opens ALL ports toward you machine. If there are any bugs in the OS the hackers now have direct access to try attacking it. With port forwarding they would have to find a bug in the application you are running which is much less likely.