Having trouble with Minecraft server

l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 04/02/2012
So I set up a Minecraft server. I've been able to connect to it just fine, and everyone connected to my router can, too. But no one else can. :(

I've googled it and it looks like it is probably something to do with the way I'm port-forwarding. Either that, or my firewall. But my firewall's down, so it must be the port-forwarding. But only the firewall for my computer is down. Is there also a firewall for my router? :S


Here are my IP thingo's and port-forwarding stuff's:



^^ On another site, it told me to enter my Internet IP, which was '10.0.0.1' where '192.168.1.3' is. So I did it, but it came up with 'This IP Address should be in the same subnet with LAN IP Address! ' so I just left it as my IPv4 address.

I'm not very experienced when it comes to running servers; this is my first one. :S Please go easy on me. Any help is appreciated. =D
Desi
Desi K:38752 04/02/2012
Your server should not be running on the same IP as you are. Change it to 192.168.1.4, or any other number that isn't taken by computers on your network.
Marge
Marge K:22369 04/02/2012
Are they trying to connect with your i.p? On your own network you just connect directly to another computer's i.p but for everyone else it's your normal i.p. In the server config is your i.p set to blank? Those are just things i can think of.
Doles
Doles K:28757 04/02/2012
Your subnet is 192.168.1.0, meaning that all the computers/devices on the network in your house will have an IP address of 192.168.1.(something). This is your INTERNAL IP address. To find out your internal IP address you pull up a terminal and type "ifconfig". To get to terminal on a Mac, Go-utilities-terminal.
For windows, it's windows key + R, "cmd" and "ipconfig"
This us the IP address you use when connecting to the server from inside your house.
Your external IP it's given out by your ISP. You can find this by going to ipchicken.com
Give this address to everyone OUTSIDE you're house whom you want to play on your server
l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 04/02/2012
Didn't get to test the external IP yet Doles, but now even if they're connected to my router and using the internal IP, they can't connect. It'll just say 'can't reach server' or 'can't connect to host' or 'no route to host' or something.

I'm really confused. :S
Desi
Desi K:38752 04/02/2012
Have you tested if your port is visible externally? canyouseeme.org/...
l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 04/02/2012

Desi said: Have you tested if your port is visible externally? canyouseeme.org/...



Yep, tried that. It says that it isn't. :S
Marge
Marge K:22369 04/02/2012
check all the settings again to make sure the ports are forwarded correctly. There's guides if you googly "portforwarding" and your router brand and model
iamtom
iamtom K:39792 04/02/2012
HURR DA PR0BLAM IZ DAT U R UZING A MAC 4 GAEMZ HURRDURR
l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 05/02/2012

Marge said: check all the settings again to make sure the ports are forwarded correctly. There's guides if you googly "portforwarding" and your router brand and model


I looked up a guide, and followed it as correctly as I could. It got to one point where It was telling me to use '10.0.0.1' as the IP for port-forwarding. But whenever I tried to enter '10.0.0.1' into the box, this would happen:

So, I tried some more, and the only IP it would accept was 192.168.1.11 (my IPv4 address as of right now).



And thus, when I try to see if the port is visible via Desi's link, it show this:



Thanks for your help so far guys. :) I'm sure there's something really obvious that I'm missing, but I'm not experienced enough to know. >.<

iamtom said: HURR DA PR0BLAM IZ DAT U R UZING A MAC 4 GAEMZ HURRDURR


[Shifty]
iamtom
iamtom K:39792 05/02/2012
I haven't really been looking too closely at your problem, but try 127.0.0.1 (which is your localhost).
l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 05/02/2012

iamtom said: I haven't really been looking too closely at your problem, but try 127.0.0.1 (which is your localhost).



So just enter 127.0.0.1 as the port-forwarding IP?
Marge
Marge K:22369 05/02/2012
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

E: and that image has 192.168.1.11

fix that stuff up
l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 05/02/2012

Marge said: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
E: and that image has 192.168.1.11
fix that stuff up



Ohhh ok.

Wait, fix it how? :S What am I supposed to change it to?

E: Tried to enter 127.0.0.1 as the port-forwarding IP, but...

iamtom
iamtom K:39792 05/02/2012
You typed in 192.168.1.11, not 192.168.1.1

I should have known trying to forward your localhost wouldn't work, but I'm on holiday, sue me.
l3ailey
l3ailey K:20530 05/02/2012
Ohhh. Haha, nah, that wasn't an error. It told me to choose an IP. And that was the one I chose. :P

Okay, well I'm 99% sure I'm port-forwarding wrong. I read that I need a static IP. Is that right?

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