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Help me be able to host game servers again
urahonky
Cynical Old ManRegistered User regular
Cynical Old ManRegistered User regular
Hello,
A while ago I was able to host a Terraria server to let my friends join. Since then I bought a new router and I CANNOT get this thing to let others in from the outside. Within the network it is fine, but anything that hits my router just dies.
I'm using a Netgear WNDR3400v2
I have tried:
I cannot figure this out! I have done this hundreds of times before but for some reason this damn router will NOT let anything in! Please, please please help! I want to start a Starbound server!
A while ago I was able to host a Terraria server to let my friends join. Since then I bought a new router and I CANNOT get this thing to let others in from the outside. Within the network it is fine, but anything that hits my router just dies.
I'm using a Netgear WNDR3400v2
I have tried:
- Disabling my firewall/antivirus
- Disabled SIP ALG (I guess this is the router firewall)
- Set my computer as the DMZ Server (and also tried it without that)
- Port Forward 21025 to my computer's IP address
- Moved to Hardwired (was wireless before)
- Set my LAN connection to a static IP address
I cannot figure this out! I have done this hundreds of times before but for some reason this damn router will NOT let anything in! Please, please please help! I want to start a Starbound server!
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New router = new mac address(unless you cloned it) = new dhcp lease.
Also, you need to disable the windows one while doing the rest.
And finally, what game do you want to host? You'll need to set up specific ports for each game unless you set up your PC in DMZ mode every time you want to do it.
I'm not sure. I've literally disabled everything that COULD be blocking it. I will have my roommate make a server and see if we can connect to that one.
Yeah I went to whatismyip and got the new IP from that. The router set itself to 10.whatever so I'm guessing that's not the public IP.
Yeah I did the Windows one as well as my BitDefender one.
I want to host a Starbound server. I setup the port forwarding to 21025 to my computer's IP (192.168.1.6).
Are you sure you DMZed properly? Most routers I've seen have an entry for DMZ IP, but also have an "enable DMZ" option nearby.
Double check that and see if you've missed anything else. Your ISP may not be giving you a public IP. I know there's a few in the midwest that do this.
Basically I'm going to try to get it running on my roommate's computer first to make sure it isn't my computer. If not I'm going to look into getting a new router or seeing if my old one is still around.
Your router's WAN IP is 10.*? If so, that sounds like you're on Carrier Grade NAT which will be "interesting" if not impossible to deal with for server hosting. That's not something a new router would typically affect though. Hmm...
Yeah 10.0.0.0 is a private IANA range.
You are unlikely to host any public server that way. The only way to access it would be with some sort of tunneling and a public IP host.
Mother of God I think I may have figured it out. I'm pretty sure we're dealing with a new modem here (moved to a new location). This new modem HAS router functionality built into it but I had it disabled since I prefer the Netgear's interface.
* Motorola Surfboard Router/Modem combo
* Netgear Wireless N600 N/G Dual Band Router
1. Log-in to the Netgeard router. My IP was 192.168.1.1, the user was: admin and the pass was: password
2. Click on Advanced at the top
3. Top right area should say "Internet Port", inside there is an IP Address Field... Write this number down (mine was 192.168.0.2)
4. Log-in to the Motorola Router/Modem. My IP was: 192.168.0.1, the user was: admin and the pass was: motorola
5. Click on Advanced then Forwarding
6. Internal IP Address will be the IP address you found on step #3
7. Start Port and End Port will be the ports you need to setup for your game (for Starbound it was 21025)
8. Leave Remote Host Address as 0.0.0.0 but enter the Start and End port as the ports for your game (Starbound it was 21025)
9. Click Enable
10. Click Apply
11. Go back to the Netgear Router
12. Go to Advanced -> Advanced Setup -> Port Forwarding / Port Triggering
13. Click "Add Custom Service" At the bottom
14. Enter a Service Name
15. Keep Service Type at TCP/UDP
16. Enter the External Starting Port of the game (for Starbound it was 21025)
17. Enter the External Ending Port of the game (for Starbound it was 21025)
18. Make sure the Internal Starting Port is the same as above
19. Make sure the Internal Ending Port is the same as above
20. Enter the IP address of your computer (Google how to find your IP address if you don't know how to do this yet)
21. Click Apply
And now when you start the server anyone should be able to join.
You basically port forwarded twice. Which is fine to do, but, a bit of a pain in the dick.
The only bridge that showed up was for Wireless. Even when I did that and put in the MAC address of my router it didn't do anything.
But yeah dual port forwarding is also a solution.
Or DMZing your router.
The modem is garbage. My last one was really easy to deal with but this one was all over the place.
you dmz 192.168.1.2 and then that tells your modem to let all traffic right through to the router, where you can then do port forwarding as you wish in the router's web interface.
The double port forwarding is about as good as you get.
I did that and it didn't seem to work for me.