I'm trying to set up a music-streaming program called Icecast and I'm running into trouble portforwarding. I followed all the steps from Portforwarding.com's tutorial but I still can't connect to my own computer through my external IP. Firefox just says the server "is taking too long to RESPOND", but it should work. I managed to connect successfully to http://localhost:8000/stream , but when I change that to my external IP (and change it in my config file) I can't connect to it through the remote IP (and obviously not localhost either).Port Forwarding is different for every router, so I don't know if I could solve the PROBLEM router-wise.
However, I had the same problem once, and I solved it by ALLOWING connections through the Windows Firewall.I checked Windows Firewall and I set rules for both TCP and UDP for incoming, and for ANY connection on outgoing, yet it still fails. Comodo Firewall is set to allow all requests inbound and outbound for the program as well...

I don't know what I could have messed up on portforwarding-wise. It's a fairly straightforward procedure for my router. The only part I actually needed to look up was how to set a static IP on Windows 7.Oh well, I just decided to RUN Icecast through my server and USE *censored* on my computer to send the music directly.have you tried lowering your routers firewall?If you're trying to connect to your own external IP address from within your LAN, you may encounter a problem called "hairpin NAT". Very few consumer routers are good at handling "out and back in again" connections. Most DrayTek or Cisco routers can handle this, but cheaper kit is often going to struggle.