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Answer» I have 2 questions to ask about this. I own a 2wire 2701hg-g modem and I am trying to forward the port 25565 for minecraft but have had mixed results. I am on a wireless connection, and there is no firewall that I am aware of (windows firewall is off on my computer, but if you know a way for me to check I would be appreciative.) Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] EDIT>> Could a firewall on another computer affect this? I know the other computer in our house has one running.Many ISP's block certain ports to try to keep home user based internet service packaged customers from serving up content like a business ISP plan. Not sure if this port is on their blacklist or not, but a quick google search shows others with same ISSUES and that port. You can try a different port like 8079 which works for my FTP server that my ISP blocks port 21. In the server config file its an easy alteration and save of the file, then restart the server service. Quote #Minecraft server properties The server will have to broadcast the service for minecraft on port 8079 or another port of your choice, and each client will also have to be altered to LOOK for a hosted service on that same port. I checked port 8079, and got "connection timed out" before forwarding it. After forwarding it I still can not access, but this time the error is "connection refused" EDIT>> aha! my server GUI did not save the changes so I had to do it manually. The port now says it is open, but again I get the error "can't reach server" when attempting to connect through my public IP while localhost and my .64 address show it connects. Does anyone else have any ideas as to what could be causing this? Guessing you have already visited this site and exhausted its resources? http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server#Firewalling.2C_NATs_and_external_IP_addresses Quote windows firewall is off on my computer, but if you know a way for me to check I would be appreciative. To check your firewall status you can enter firewall.cpl at start run. You will then see ON and OFF with a green DOT indicating if its ON or OFF. If the green dot is in the OFF selection then its truly off, otherwise its enabled, so click to shut it off and see if it works. If this is the problem and you want the firewall on, you just need to add an exception to allow pass thru.I had not seen that site before, thank you for the link I will check it shortly. My windows firewall has been shown as off, but when I went to play around with definitions to allow programs it showed up on a later screen that while public/private profile firewalls were off, my domain firewall is on. For the heck of it I disabled the domain firewall, and then added definitions to forward port both 25565 and 8079 anyway. No change on my side, but I will ask a friend to try it later on to verify.As it turns out that one section of the firewall being on caused this. Im very frustrated because all signs pointed towards a firewall being the issue but by going to the firewall page numerous times I couldnt find any option which was "on". Thanks for your time, and Im sorry I wasted it.Glad you are all set now. Time not wasted |
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