Minecraft - Friends Can't Join Server (Solution)

There are only two reasons your server is not working if you have default settings.
Number one: Your firewall/PC is blocking the connection
Number two: Your port is not open meaning your port forwarding is not working.
Check with this link to see if your port is open www.yougetsignal.com/tools/op...
Solution one: Open your internal and external ports in your firewall on your pc.
Solution two: Make sure your port is open (Server has to be running while checking) and if it is closed then you did your port forwarding wrong. My solution was instead of doing a single port forward, I selected a range port forward.
Other solutions I have not tested:
I have seen a couple of articles saying that your routers firewall may be the issue and some setting would need to be changed to allow port forwarding.

[@dundydunker]

Be sure to ask questions. I am happy to help :)

[@RW1A]

Do you know how to allow access of the port through at&t Edit: figured it out nevermind

[@OsrsNooby]

Hoping for an answer, I'm hosting a server with Apex hosting, everything worked fine all last night and early today, then my friends lagged out and can't reconnect (only 2/4 friends can't connect. My other friend and I are still connecting fine to the server.) They get Internal Exception: Java.net.socket(Exception: connection reset) error. They can join other servers, like Hypixel, for example just fine still, so it's not on their end and not on the servers end? I'm confused and don't know how to help them. What could possibly be causing this, or better; how to fix this??

[@sus5916]

My port is open but my public ip don't works to connect, only the internal. What can I do?

[@dundydunker]

@@sus5916 turn off your firewall and try joining again. This can help to see if it’s your firewall causing the issue. If it works then that means you have to redo the firewall rules that you did or not make

[@sus5916]

@@dundydunker I turned off my firewall, redid the portforwarding, checked the port with portcheck and it works, but when I try to connect via external ip don't work

[@ryanhalo1]

This was the ONE video to help me out lol. I went to You Get Signal, and noticed that I had written down my external address wrong by one number. Gave out the correct address and now peeps can join my server :)

[@ba6s257]

You literally solved what other you tubers couldn’t for that I thank you!

[@autumn7671]

good one

[@DanteMinecraft]

This video was extremely informative and really helped me out. I have been searching for a solution for about two hours and nothing I found helped except for this video. Thank you so much, you really made my day. Keep up the good work! :)

[@jet4393]

Wow you just solved that so quickly, something the other youtubers couldn't do

[@dundydunker]

Straight to the point is the way to go

[@pollyisnochicke20]

@@dundydunker true

[@c0c0nutbeans]

thank you bro i had the same problem. If i hadn't found this video i probably would have wasted another 50 hours trying to fix it

[@dundydunker]

Welcome

[@RellekEarth]

Hey, I found your video extremely informative, however, I am having difficulty locating the exact source of my issue. I have been able to get the server running, log into it myself using direct connection and run around as normal. I set up a port forward on my router, but the port is shown as closed according to the website you linked in the description. I was able to test with a firend a range of scenarios and ports, but the only solution I found was to completely drop my firewall in its entirety, in which case, my friend was able to join. Obviously, I don't want this and want to pinpoint which programs or rules I need to focus on in order to get this to work safely and without disabling firewall completely. Does this mean that the issue cannot be my router? I see this as confirmation that there is a rule in my firewall blocking incoming connections. Which rules should I be focusing on?

[@dundydunker]

When you are dropping your firewall, is it your routers or your PCs firewall? Also could you provide me what settings you gave the rule you made to allow the port forwarding? This may be easier to talk about on Instagram. Dm me my @ is dundydunker

[@TheIronNoodle]

Thanks fixed our issues REAL QUICK

[@dundydunker]

Read description for further solutions

[@Smarty901]

Very helpful video mate! Thanks.

[@seatal8493]

this guy is such a legend it worked

[@neuralgiant]

Damn thanks so much. The firewall thing fixed it.

[@swearwolf.werewolf8049]

Heads up that you need to ensure you have a *public* IP address in order for this to work which is down to your ISP (Internet Provider). I had to do a bunch of extra steps to find out this isn't even available with my provider so keep that in mind if you're still having issues. I would recommend checking by seeing if the IP in your router settings page is the same as the one shown by IP checking websites. If the IPs do *not* match then you have a private IP address and this won't work. However, you can contact your ISP to request a public IP address which they may not provide or can bill you for. I don't have any schooling in IT and I'm by no means an expert so if anyone more adept than me has corrections please let me know.

[@swearwolf.werewolf8049]

This is an afterthought, but I would actually recommend doing this before messing with firewalls and router settings as it'll save you time, and then only refer back to the guide after you know your IP is public.

[@dundydunker]

That sounds correct. There is an alternative solution to skip portforwarding all together. If you use a third party source such as playit.gg, you can have them do the port forwarding for you. It is a 5 minute setup process and the only thing you have to do is have another program running while your server is on.

[@helgefransson1153]

Hello, my friend was making a server and i was helping him. Your comment reminded me that we needed to check if he has a private address. It turned out he had a private address, the one under his routers WAN IP was different than the one on websites like "whatsmyip". But i could join him after he sent me the one under WAN IP. Does this mean that everyone saying you have to have public IP are wrong or could there be another reason.

[@C00L3R]

@@helgefransson1153 THANK YOU BRO

[@helgefransson1153]

@@C00L3R No problem, were you able to join with the WAN IP at the routers interface?

[@pandamana7915]

To hopefully fix everyone’s problems with start.bat In your folder up top click view, show, file name extensions Once you do that you might see an extra .jar or .bat on your server or start file Remove that and run and see if it works (make sure to keep 1 .jar)

[@pandamana7915]

If that doesn’t work, enter the start.bat file, add a line and put “pause” then run, it will show what the problem is Should look like this when setting up Java Xx blah blah server name pause Hopefully I helped enough

[@alierturk6325]

bro it worked perfectly ty very much. Love the vid liked and subscribed. Checked your other vids too keep it up never give up!!!

[@luigiVOD]

The "You get signal" page says that the port is open, but what IP is the one that my friends are going to use to join the server? Well, "server address".

[@dundydunker]

You are hosting it off your router so you will be using your public IP. Type "What is my IP address" into your browser and give him that. Don't give this out to anyone you don't trust.

[@luigiVOD]

@@dundydunker Thanks man!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@cryo7326]

Hey do you know what might be the problem if I established the inbound and outbound rules for the Minecraft port but it still doesn't allow others to connect? I found out that turning off my firewall completely does allow people through so I'm assuming its the firewall but I'm not sure where to go from here because I have the rules set up already.

[@dundydunker]

I would try to delete the rules and re-add them the same they are in the video. If that doesnt work, uninstall and reinstall minecraft and there should be a popup during the installation to ask you to allow it to make changes to your firewall.

[@karinasantana2759]

I have a question, when you get to the you get signal page does a different number pop up as your IP address? Because for me it shows a different IP address that isn’t even on my command prompt

[@dundydunker]

On the You get signal page the only thing that is significant is the port you type in which should be 25565. It will either tell you if it’s open or closed.

[@t3rmipvp]

i love you man u saved my life

[@kdogmoney]

Very helpful video, god bless ur soul g

[@mxmacman]

bro I love you, thank you so much

[@johnabe3122]

2nd option worked for me !

[@diamondgodking9999]

mine only has port mapping and port triggering i tried on port mapping but the port is still not open

[@itzzsevan]

Okay so say if I go live on TikTok would people from my live be able to join ?

[@GigiNatalizio]

It worked! Thanks

[@mysteryman447]

3:43 i tried the port check website and it said "invalid remote address"

[@harshrao4495]

same error. did you find any fix?

[@coreygilsdorf4595]

I also got this problem. If anyone sees please let me know the issue

[@xanderz101]

Getting a bad gateway error on yougetsignal, the error code is 502 is there any alternative website or should i just wait and see if the website starts working again?

[@dundydunker]

Just look up “open port checker” there should be a few. Alternatively if you’re familiar with it, you could run an nmap scan externally to see if the port is open. 9 times out of 10 it’s usually the port forwarding that’s misconfigured so I would try to look up a specific video to port forward to your router

[@xanderz101]

@@dundydunker Yep, my port appears to be closed I’ve searched through a bunch of videos, but I seem to have done everything right; i selected my computer, selected the minecraft option (which was 25565) and then selected tcp/udp. My server was working fine around 3 days ago, but it randomly stopped working. My ip changed, which I thought was the issue, but after updating everything to my new ip (which only my private ip changed), it seemed to break My only other idea is to maybe just wait it out, it could be just an issue on my internet providers (cox) end

[@dundydunker]

@@xanderz101 my bet would be it’s your service provider too

[@xanderz101]

@@dundydunker Fixed my problem, having both ports 25565 and 19132 open at the same time broke stuff, i just deleted the 19132 and everything worked just fine (after i forgot and re-added my computer to the port forwarding because the ip changed)

[@dundydunker]

@@xanderz101 good to hear. Are you sure it was because of those 2 ports being open and not just because the ip changed? Seems kinda odd to me

[@Hellios68]

thank you brother!

[@aceamor50]

Can i portforward with a PPPoE connection?

[@pwner332]

What if I'm the only one not able to connect to my friend's server? like Im the only one who has an issue. cant connect to public minecraft servers like hypixel either.

[@dundydunker]

I'm not too sure on that one. What I would try only as a test is changing your firewall settings like I did in the video to open the tcp and udp port to allow 25565. If that doesn't work just delete the rules you just created and continue to troubleshoot because I honestly don't know. Prob a better solution -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioSQqISpntWeppI

[@SusAmongu]

probably because you have cracked minecraft

[@dundydunker]

@@SusAmongu good point. There’s a setting you can turn off in your servers settings to not connect it the Mojang servers and it will allow cracked accounts to play on the server. The only downside is you can’t use skins

[@milflover470]

I think I have set up the firewall steps(both turned it off completely and set the 4 in/out bound rules) and the port forwarding on my gateway about 11 times now while watching your video and others' that have covered this subject and although I can connect through multiple ips I'm checking on my ip ipconfig my friends still cannot. (ps my 25565 port on the website port tester remains closed after everything I do)

[@dundydunker]

Okay so likely your firewall rules are fine. What matters most is that your port says it is open. Which since it’s not that means the port forwarding was not set up correctly. This could also be because your service provider doesn’t allow it or has to enable it (Rarely that’s needed but still plausible). I would try and searching more about your specific router and see if there’s a step by step tutorial. If you still can’t find it let me know.

[@littlemanul]

didnt help at all thank you

[@dundydunker]

Then you did it incorrectly. Could you diagnose if it was your port forwarding that wasn’t working or it it was your pc blocking it?

[@alexanryset1404]

Hey so I found out after calling Netgear support that you have to pay like 30$ for them to enable port forwarding

[@dundydunker]

Wow what a scam. There’s another way that might work as well. There’s a site called ngrok that will port forward through a website for you but I never got it to work on my end. Just look it up and see where it goes from there

[@alexanryset1404]

@@dundydunker can I have a link?

[@dundydunker]

@@alexanryset1404 Sorry I didn’t get back to you. Follow this tutorial and you should be golden. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIaQi3VmrshsrNE

[@asaniwasabi]

Instead of "external port" and" internal port," my router says "port range" and "local port." I put 25565 for both of them, but my Minecraft port is still closed. Hence, I assume that I'm supposed to put something else for "port range" and "local port." Do you have any idea?

[@dundydunker]

Do me a favor and test to see if your port is open on your network. You can do this by turning on your server and going to the cite I have in the bio, the open port tester, and test to see if 25565 is open. Edit: I say this because the problem could be your computers firewall may be blocking it as well

[@asaniwasabi]

@@dundydunker thank you for replying so quickly. I did as instructed. My Minecraft world is running, and I checked my port status on the website you provided. I went through the steps in firewall as well, following the inbound and outbound rules you provided. However, even with firewall completely turned off, my Minecraft port still appears to be closed. I am assuming the information I put on my router port forwarding section is incorrect.

[@dundydunker]

@@asaniwasabi I’m not sure why. Maybe your router doesn’t allow port forwarding or there’s a firewall rule that would need to be changed in the router. A better option would be running a tunnel on your computer. If you search up playit.gg you can find a free cite to create a tunnel to and allow your friends to join. That is what I have set up atm Video tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIaQi3VmrshsrNE

[@asaniwasabi]

@@dundydunker thank you

[@youngdaggero1o472]

Thank you for your help

[@craftboy7756]

i dont have a enable button on my port forwarding, help

[@BlackBullet0]

I did everything right and unfortunately the port is closed server are open i open rule in firewall and also open port Mapping put still the port close , is it possible that the isp close port forwarding ?

[@dundydunker]

9 times out of 10 it’s the port forwarding. Some ISPs don’t allow it or you have to call them to allow it or you haven’t set it up properly on the router. Nothing will work externally unless that site says port 25565 is open. I suggest watching a thorough video on your specific router brand or calling your isp

[@JonathanMai]

I was about to sock my monitor. None of the solutions I tried worked because I forgot to ENABLE the port forwarding option in my router page.

[@ToaxtyLive]

ive added the 25565 into my firewall, turned off the firewall and enabled it, port forward but it still says "inactive" and the website still says doesn't work while I could join with localhost

[@dundydunker]

Verify for me that your port forward is working. Go to the port checker website I showed in the video and check the port 25565 while your server is running and tell me what it says. This will narrow down if it is your computers problem or if it’s your routers issue.

[@guilhermepires9923]

life saver ty man

[@big_tomba]

Hey, I don't know how to acces security tag on my router settings, Im using kpn

[@quackcake91651]

thank you so much

[@Vahanpaljon]

Thx bro u solved my problem

[@Galglex]

super convenient for me since we both have the same router

[@dundydunker]

Glad it helped

[@somonkalaj7339]

Is fire wall good to bad to keep off because I turn it off and it allows my friends to join but I dont know if its bad to keep it off

[@dundydunker]

It’s not a good idea to leave your firewall off, but that’s a good sign. You now know it’s your firewall restricting your friends from joining. You have to make those rules I showed in the video to fix it. Let me know if you have any more issues with it

[@somonkalaj7339]

@@dundydunker can you show me the time stamps of the rules

[@dundydunker]

@@somonkalaj7339 0:31 to 2:24 is where I made the rules

[@somonkalaj7339]

I did that and I tried to join with my public ip and doesnt work but when I turn off fire wall lets me join

[@dundydunker]

@@somonkalaj7339 I have one more thing you could try. Go into your fire wall page and go to the inbound rules tab and double click, or right click (I don’t remember which one) but make each and every rule that has Java in its name set as open to all. Your trying to allow all the preexisting Java rules to have full access to pass through your firewall. Then repeat that process in Outbound rules. If that makes sense. If that don’t work you will just have to play around with your firewall until you figure what’s blocking it. (Be careful though)

[@xxkrakenxx8257]

@dundy does my private firewall have to be enabled?

[@dundydunker]

Both public and private should be on for security purposes but for diagnostics disabling both can help rule out if the firewall is blocking the connection.

[@neon6025]

Hi, I tried everything in this tutorial but it still doesn't work(still great tutorial btw), my yougetsignal says my port IS open, and I have port forwarded, setup firewall rules, and disabled firewall altogether, and my friends USED to be able to join, but now they cant for some reason. I am still able to join perfectly fine, and I've tried making new servers, and followed many tutorials but it still just doesn't work... do you have any idea why this is happening and how to fix it? Thank you. :)

[@dundydunker]

That's odd. From what you say that should work. When you say your disabling your firewall, you are disabling it for the computer you are hosting the server from correct? Are you able to join with your public IP? Are all of your friends no longer able to join or is it just some that can't anymore? Did you do any changes that may have caused this or was it out of the blue?

[@sammyboi637]

I have the exact same issue. I used to be able to run a server but now only I can join and when my friends join they just fall through the world and then disconnect. Were you able to find a solution?

[@dundydunker]

@@sammyboi637 how much ram are you giving your server?

[@gregissus2527]

i set up a single port forward and set up my firewall correctly and it says the ports closed. and netgear doesnt have a range port forwarding option. please help

[@dundydunker]

Could be your service provider restricting it. I would try to call them and see.

[@rif406]

when i do port forwarding i have a "Server IP address" thing to fill out, and it says that the "IP address must belong to the same default gateway network", what am i supposed to put in that textbox?

[@dundydunker]

Example: If your IP address for your router is 192.168.1.1, your IP to enter should have a similar format like this 192.168.1.137. Personally I would use chatgpt to diagnose your issue cause I cant help without more context

[@dispuppy2447]

wau router settings for real.... that work ty very much

[@DeMoN9085]

Right so I've port forward my server and me and my cousin was playing on it last night. Woke up today started it all up the same as yesterday and now he can't join. Any idea why?

[@dundydunker]

We’re you playing locally together (in the same house)?

[@DeMoN9085]

@@dundydunker thanks for the reply I figured it out and I added 25565 to the firewall and whitelisted him.

[@Theradbrad8000]

I only want to keep my server local and even people on the same network as me can’t even join only I can is this fixable or would I have to port forward my server?

[@dundydunker]

The people joining locally are probably joining with the wrong IP. On your server open CMD and type ipconfig. The ipv4 address is what you give them

[@Theradbrad8000]

@@dundydunker I did and it still didn’t work

[@cenaazem]

It's so frustrating. I can join my server, so I know it's the server is fine, but no matter what I do, I can't get yougetsignal or any other site that checks for open ports to see the 25565 port. I've spent hours on it, researched and researched, even going way back to forum posts dating back to 2009, and I've used many guides and suggested websites and videos explaining how to do it. I know I've set up everything right, after checking and re-checking many, many times. But I just can't get 25565 to open. This is the first time I've done something like this, I just wanted a server for my family to play on (my sister lives a few states away) and that I could mod (since Realms doesn't allow modding.) I know I don't have a double NAT, I've learned how to check for that. It isn't the firewall on my pc, I've disabled it to check to see if it works. I've disabled the firewall on my router and that wasn't it either. So I'm guessing it's just my ISP itself blocking the port. Is there a way to figure out which ports ARE open that I can switch to?

[@dundydunker]

send me your discord / DM me on Instagram @dundydunker

[@dundydunker]

Port forwarding is for sure your problem. If you would like a quick fix you can use a tunnel called playit.gg. Essentially they port forward for you. Here's a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWW6mHiIaNRro8k. This is what I used at school because I couldn't loggin to the router here to port forward. If you still want me to take a look at the router I can.

[@dundydunker]

Also, for mod packs I'll save you the trouble I had to go through. If you want just a few mods, you can just drag it into the mod folder of your server. This also mean you and anyone who plays on the server has to drag the mods it into their client version of Minecraft through run -> %appdata% -> .minecraft -> then drag all the mods into the mods folder. For simplicity and larger mod packs with 100 mods or so, use cursed forges Minecraft server. files.minecraftforge.net/net/minecraftforge/forge/ and make sure to install both client and server. (This is what everyone will launch instead of default Minecraft launcher). I don't know the rest of the steps from memory but there are tons of videos and if your interested I can look into it more for you.

[@cenaazem]

@@dundydunker just wanted to update you that I finally figured out the problem. My ISP didn't assign me a true public IP address. I called them and explained what I was trying to do and he gave me a public IP address and now the port checking websites are all saying 25565 is open! I can't describe the amount of relief I'm feeling lol.

[@dundydunker]

@@cenaazem wow that’s great. Under normal circumstances, what you had should have worked. It’s frustrating when ISPs do stuff like that.

[@skylarzelensky2618]

Hey I don’t know if you’re still active on here but I need help with my server. My Minecraft server is not working for my friend but it works for me. No matter what i do he can’t join. The you get signal website keeps saying my port is closed. I’ve done the port forwarding correctly and the firewall rules

[@dundydunker]

That would mean your port forwarding is not set up correctly. If you get signal says your port is closed then it is not working. Try doing your port forwarding rules again

[@skylarzelensky2618]

@@dundydunker alright I’ll see what I can do thank you

[@furryfan1416]

found any fix, kinda running to a similar issue (friend gets "connection refused. no further info") n starting to think its something i need to talk with my internet provider

[@ayanokoujikun8234]

thank u that helped me now that I knew my firewall is the problem how can I now what is it exactly I dont want the firewall to be off all the time

[@dundydunker]

Did you ensure that you created 2 inbound rules on port 25565 for both TCP and UDP and then the same for outbound rules?

[@eizanjames4360]

idk why but my router don't have "port range forwarding" feature in it

[@dundydunker]

Yours may not. You can stick with the single port forwarding and be fine

[@ludwigarkemar542]

thx you so much. all i needed to to do was uppdate my ipv4 address thqat hade changed for some reason? but thx neither the less

[@duotwix]

I really don't know what to do. I'm positive my port forward is set up right and firewall too. Even when I turn both PC and router firewall off port 25565 is still blocked. It is supposed to work and I can't figure out why it doesn't. Any help would be appreciated.

[@dundydunker]

Well can you confirm the port forward is set up properly using the website in the bio(The open port checker one). It’ll be green and say 25565 is open if it is working properly. If that is working then your firewall is the problem. You can test to see if it’s blocking it by temporarily turning it off and have someone to try and join. If it still doesn’t work. It is likely on the other users end.

[@duotwix]

@@dundydunker Thank you for responding. My port forward is set up wrong, but I can't figure out why. It looks basically the same minus the ASUS UI. I'm just really confused by this because every tutorial does the same thing, yet it doesn't work when I do it.

[@dundydunker]

@@duotwix search playit.gg this is a simple solution to port warding. There’s 5 min videos on KZbin how to set it up

[@mistermask4432]

I managed to set up a server to play with my friends and it worked perfectly, however one day my friends couldn´t enter the server even though the firewall is deactivated and the port appears open on the website. What could be the problem?

[@dundydunker]

Did your IP change? There is only 2 dependencies (3 if you count your server running as well). The first being your port being open which if it says it’s open on that website, you are good there. The second is your firewall, which if it’s off then that’s not the issue either. Or 3 your server isn’t running. Test to see if you can join your own server with your public IP first and make sure it’s the right IP

[@calder5797]

whenver my friends try to join it says io netty thing i tried allowing everyhting and i port forwarded it lmk any other suggestions if u dont know anything i could do we could hop in a discord vc if u want to so u could tell me if im doing something wrong

[@dundydunker]

Diagnosing the problem is the first step. Did you test to see if the port was actually open through that website? 6:27 As I stated in the description it can be one of two problems. The first being its your computer which you can see if its your computer by briefly turning off your file wall and direct connecting to your external IP address (Make sure the address you are connected to doesn't look like this 192.168.1.1). The second problem is the port forward which is more likely your issue. Let me know if you used the site www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ to test port 25565 (WHILE YOUR SERVER IS RUNNING). If you can still not find the problem let me know and we can go through discord.

[@playit-gg]

It might be that your ISP doesn't support port forwarding. If you're still having trouble give playit.gg a try: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIaQi3VmrshsrNE (disclaimer I created it).

[@dundydunker]

@@playit-gg Hey man I checked out your playit tunnel. I set it up for my Minecraft server since my school wouldn't be very keen to opening a port for me. You did an amazing job on the setup and made it easy for people to use. You really changed the game here, props to you!

[@noahhanzl3831]

thank you so much you have no idea

[@kaczordonald6610]

Anybody knows where to find options from 4:46 "Apps and gaming" on freaking Huawei router?

[@eridal8664]

On my router's website, there are forwarding options like: virtual server, port triggering, DMZ, UPnP. In the virtual server I must enter: Service port (XX-XX or XX), IP address, Internal port and select Protocol, State or Defined services. What do I pick and enter pls help ;/

[@dundydunker]

I’m not entirely sure which option but I would try virtual server or port triggering. Whichever one has a screen like mine for my port forwarding setup. They will all be different but once you there just enter the port of your device hosting the Minecraft server example: 192.168.1.77, yours will likely be different then the port of 25565 and apply and then make sure your server is running and check if the port is open from that port checker website

[@gexge_geo5238]

I tried all your solutions but none of them worked, any ide on what else I should try ?

[@dundydunker]

There’s only 2 things that prevent it from working. You’re computers firewall and port forwarding not properly setup. If you port says it’s closed on that website, then your port forwarding is wrong and you need to reconfigure it or check with your service provider

[@feetenthusiast1015]

so i tried logging in on the website with the router info being user: admin, password: password but it didnt work. so i tried router password recovery but even after i enter my serial number (which is what is asks for) it doesnt let me continue. Also i run the server and it runs perfectly fine because i join it but my friends cant

[@dundydunker]

Sorry for taking so long to reply but this is a problem with your router. It will not work unless the port forward is set up. Not much I can help you with sorry. Try researching your model of router and search for the admin password

[@feetenthusiast1015]

@@dundydunker thanks for getting back to me and you were right but I was able to factory reset it and use the base username/ password

[@jennkira8725]

Hey! I can't join to my friend's server I tried every single thing and I can't join yet, I have a question which password do you put in linksy wifi ? Helpe me pls

[@dundydunker]

If you are trying to join your friends server no steps are needed. The person that is hosting the server has to make sure they did these steps in order for you to join.

[@Suedo_]

I've literally tried everything and nothing works. Tried your video step by step and it's still saying the port is closed. Any other suggestions? I don't know what else to do.

[@dundydunker]

Well you narrowed down that your router is the one causing your issue. There could be some firewall setting that’s restricting you from opening the port in your router. Have you tried creating a range port rather than a single port?

[@Suedo_]

@@dundydunker I'm not sure. What's weird about the whole situation is, is that I created a MC server initially on my computer for my roomate to play on. He created his own and when I try to join his I'm unable to. I've tried portforwarding and making those rules in the firewall and still nothing

[@dundydunker]

@@Suedo_ you could just play on a LAN. If it’s just you and your roommate

[@Suedo_]

@@dundydunker Really?! I talked to multiple people and they said that wouldn't work, so that's why we did this method. Will opening his current world to LAN cause any problems / would I need to port forward at all?

[@dundydunker]

@@Suedo_ if it is only you and your friend and you are connected to the same Router then doing a LAN should work. (Watch this video for it kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKLXdoBohM2ppdE)

[@YTBobas]

Did all of the steps and now my friends cant join either way it says on the port Checker that the port 25565 is closed on my ip address why is that

[@dundydunker]

When you are running the scan, make sure your server is running. This means you didnt set up the port forwarding correctly. You can try and troubleshoot it by searching "how to port forward on (router name)"

[@hamza5627]

thanks alot

[@kacperok467]

works!

[@dundydunker]

Awesome

[@mysticporky4048]

I tried all these methods and nothings working but I feel like the gateway should because I messed up when setting it up

[@dundydunker]

I asked this to other people when they had problems but have you made sure to do the check with your firewall by briefly turning it off and trying to reconnect to the server. And also did you make sure your connecting to the right IP address. And lastly did you run a search on your open port through that website I listed. Make sure you test these first because it will help me figure out what you still have to do

[@mysticporky4048]

@@dundydunker I've done all of those but I'm going to turn off my firewall again and see if that works

[@dundydunker]

@@mysticporky4048 Okay, also when testing to see if your port forward is working make sure to do it while your server is running. If you want to further discuss this dm me on Instagram @ dundydunker

[@Fylumenius]

So I entered the ports at the firewall. but it still did not work. So I disabled the firewall. After that it worked. But now I don't want to leave the firewall turned off. What should I do now?

[@dundydunker]

Did you set a total of 4 rules like I did in the video? If you did, and it still doesn’t work, dm me on Instagram.

[@Fylumenius]

@@dundydunker yes I did… could you tell me your instagram name?

[@dundydunker]

@@Fylumenius oh yes sorry. @ dundydunker

[@joshasdf9503]

does anyone know if you can do anything about if you do have a private ip? im pretty sure thats my issue becuse ive done everything this video said and still nobody can join it in my situation i cant contact my isp to have it changed but i was wondering if theres a way around this could i use a hotspot ip to run the server because thats public?

[@dundydunker]

Look up playit.gg, you’ll run a program along side ur server and it will port forward for you. Maybe 5-10 minute setup

[@joshasdf9503]

@@dundydunker im trying to get it setup but I can't figure out how it works and how anyone would join my server. It looks more like they gave me an ip and made a server for me but I can't even connect to that I'm confused

[@dundydunker]

@@joshasdf9503 I haven’t done it in a minute. I know playit made like a 10 minute tutorial on it. If you watch it you’ll get it quick

[@ImTooCooL4UBruh]

I have made sure to enable 25565 UDP and TDP ports on my firewall, I checked the website and it shows that my port is in fact open, yet my friends still cannot join through my ip. Any ideas for what I could be doing wrong?

[@dundydunker]

Everything is setup correctly you are just having them join through the wrong IP. I’m betting you are giving them something similar to 192.168.1.50. You need to go to your web browser and search “what is my ip” that is the IP address you give them.

[@ImTooCooL4UBruh]

@@dundydunker So, something very interesting, I am by no means an expert in this field so excuse me if I sound like an idiot BUT. I was using the correct ip, its just that I couldn't join through my public ip, but my friends can. Sorry for even wasting your time lol. Everything is working.

[@dundydunker]

@@ImTooCooL4UBruh no worries, typically in most cases you are able to join from that IP yourself but it’s different from situation to situation

[@illuinc2781]

imusing unitymedia and i cant do the wbsite part

[@Adi-ro9yu]

thank you so much bro i like subscribe share

[@DelightRevan]

my internet router website shows this Local LAN Ports Local LAN IP Address Protocol WAN Ports Remote IP Address its not the same as yours and when i filled them it said my port is still closed i have no idea what to do ive been trying to fix this for months

[@dundydunker]

You'll have to DM on Instagram with pictures @ dundydunker

[@monkehotdogs2227]

My external ip is the same, but the port is closed?? Is my isp blocking it? And I can join my own server but my friend can’t

[@dundydunker]

If you are in fact using your external IP and you are able to connect to your own server but your friends are not able to from the same IP then I would guess your ISP is blocking it. You need to make sure the external IP you are using is the one you get when you search google "what is my IP". Usually when the port says closed it is because the port forwarding was not properly setup but if you are sure everything is right it is prob the isp.

[@Kurapika_Curta]

I did everything step by step but It's not working. Someone with different ip cannot join the server ( I can join it by 2 different computers same ip). We also use cracked minecraft and I read one of replies , You mentioned there is a setting you can turn it so cracked accounts can join , what is that setting? (I would appreciate your help If you can help me)

[@dundydunker]

Set “online-mode” to false. Depending on the error that likely isn’t your problem

[@Kurapika_Curta]

​@@dundydunker Yes you are right , it wasn't my problem. We tried port forwarding by ngrok because everything is banned in my country and my router operator won't give us the permission for port forwarding. How ever we still run into errors like “DISCONNECTED” or “Internal-exception”. Is there any way to solve it?

[@Kurapika_Curta]

@@dundydunker We can join other public servers so It's not internet problems.

[@KaidenArt]

I use Xfinity and the port is still blocked.

[@dundydunker]

Was your server running while doing the port scan?

[@lionislost]

Welp it’s not letting others join for me, because I didn’t port forward (I’m stupid).

[@2Easydk]

ive tried those steps! still not working! my port is open, ive port forwared the port both in firewall and on my router! still not working :(

[@dundydunker]

Are you able to join your server?

[@theMemeProduction]

for some reason the 25565 port is always closed no matter what i do

[@dundydunker]

Look up your specific router and change the settings as the tutorial does

[@SkullGamingNation]

okay so... i have portforworded through both my isp and my firewall and when i checked the status of my port its says its open... i even went to check the status of my minecraft server at mcsrvstat.us/ and it shows its online... however the external ip i have doesnt work when i enter it in game what is my issue? i even turned off firewall to check and nope..

[@dundydunker]

Maybe you did the firewall port forward wrong. Try temporarily turning it off and see if you can connect to the server. From what you described your router should be set for allowing connections to the 25565 port. My suspicion is that it’s your computer that’s restricting it.

[@SkullGamingNation]

@@dundydunker my firewall isn't active

[@SkullGamingNation]

@@dundydunker see its saying its online however when i try to enter that ip in game says its not reaching

[@dundydunker]

@@SkullGamingNation Give me a moment, leave it on and delete the comment with your IP in it. You only want to share that with people you know

[@SkullGamingNation]

@@dundydunker thanks

[@zaiohellgren9266]

incredibly helpful but sadly i think my router is a piece of shit and wont work (been working on this server since 7hours back so im a bit of a mess, but thanks for the very nice video. Hopefully i get it soon Edit its my port forwarding thats the issue. Tp-link wants me to create a virual network which added a layer of mess onto it..

[@dundydunker]

If you want a quick fix, use playit.gg. It does the port forwarding for you on their end. Super easy to set it up but let me know if you need help.

[@strafe6735]

when i typed my ip it didnt lead me to linksys

[@dundydunker]

Most likely you won’t have the same router as me. Most of everyone’s are different so you have to find similar settings in your router and do what I did in the video. They all are relatively the same so you should be able to find it

[@NoCat.]

i tried 0 and it refused it instantly, i cant get the port to open at all

[@dundydunker]

Try “localhost” or “127.0.0.1”. This is if you are joining the server on your PC. Your friends still need to join with your public IP address. Did you check the open port checker website for 25565 while your server is running?

[@NoCat.]

@@dundydunker yeah I checked, no matter what I did it always said closed

[@dundydunker]

@@NoCat. drop your discord and I can help you on there.

[@alexanryset1404]

port forwarding is grayed out

[@dundydunker]

Try searching specifically on your routers page how to port forward. Like for mine I would search “how to port forward on spectrum smart WiFi”

[@arvideoz9004]

we have the same router and i did everything and dubble checkt like 10 times but it says the port is closed....

[@dundydunker]

Was the server running while you tried checking it on the website? It has to be running. Also In the video I set it up as port range forwarding. You can try single port forwarding to see if that makes a difference. If that doesn’t work you can try using a tunnel. Search playit.gg. The creator made a detailed tutorial how to set it up on KZbin.

[@arvideoz9004]

@@dundydunker playit made it work! thx

[@MxRory]

oh cool you also have adventure capitalist lol

[@castresx8187]

I can't access the server but everyone else can and mine keeps saying "locating server" then it wud say "connecting to external server" but then it says i can't enter due to some network or something please, someone help

[@dundydunker]

Do you have really bad internet? It might be timing out. Does your friends server have a whitelist that you are not on? Try to open cmd and ping the server IP to see if you get a response and take note of the latency. Honestly I think it might be your firewall on your pc. Try turning it off and see if you can join it

[@rijad2096]

Thx bro

[@leighryanestandarte6895]

Failed to connect to server Internal Exception : io.netty.handler.codec.DecoderException: Java.lang.IndexOutOfBooundsException: readerIndex(29) + length(1) exceeds writerIndex(29): PooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 29, widx: 29, cap:29) any help for this??

[@dundydunker]

Sorry this took me so long to respond. From first look I would assume you have an incompatible version of Java installed on your host computer. You have to uninstall the old version of java and install the newest version. I think the newest version is 11.

[@TauntNut]

I have done all that, but when they put my ip to connect, it says it cannot connect, what's wrong? (thanks if you still answering questions)

[@dundydunker]

Are they entering your external IP (Type what is my IP in google)? It can’t be the one that looks like this 192.168.1.46.

[@TauntNut]

@@dundydunker Yeah, even tried both

[@dundydunker]

@@TauntNut does your port say it is open on the port checker websit

[@TauntNut]

@@dundydunker sadly, no, tried fixing it but couldn't

[@dundydunker]

@@TauntNut that’s the issue. That needs to be resolved before your friend can join. In its current state, your Minecraft server is only available in your home network. Port forwarding it will allow other people from different networks to join. Look up the exact model of your router and search how to port forward for it

[@kingofstrangeness7014]

do you happen to have a discord?

[@dundydunker]

I do not. What’s the issue you’re having?

[@kingofstrangeness7014]

@@dundydunker I've gone over both the firewall part and port forwarding part over a dousin times yet people are still unable to connect. It worked fine when I hosted it on my laptop but the moment I bought a desktop and tried to host it there it stopped working for my laptop as well

[@dundydunker]

@@kingofstrangeness7014 does your port say it’s open from that website? And disable your firewall temporarily to test if it is the issue or not.

[@kingofstrangeness7014]

@@dundydunker it doesn't, I also temporarily disabled my firewall as well

[@dundydunker]

@@kingofstrangeness7014 your port forwarding was setup incorrectly then. If the site does not say the port is open then it is not working. The server must be running when testing to see if it’s open

[@uncharted2489]

My friends still cant join even though it says on yougetsignal that my port is opened

[@dundydunker]

It may be your pc’s firewall. To diagnose it temporarily turn off your firewall and try again. That will narrow down the problems

[@uncharted2489]

@@dundydunker yeah it still doesn’t work

[@dundydunker]

@@uncharted2489 are they joining with your public IP. Search “what is my IP” and give them whatever it says. If that doesn’t work I can do a discord call if you like tomorrow. Just leave your discord @ or dm me on Instagram @ dundydunker

[@uncharted2489]

@@dundydunker yeah I was using my ipv4 address. Seems to work now, thank you a lot 🙏🙏🙏

[@criktar7579]

But my port says its still closed. Im so lost on what is wrong

[@dundydunker]

It means your port was not opened. You need to try and open it again, try searching your routers brand and look up how to port forward on it

[@gotdoged6739]

i dont understand i did correct the link of port and its still says port in my address is closed Please any solutions?

[@dundydunker]

Was your server running when checking if the port was open?

[@gotdoged6739]

@@dundydunker yes then i restarted it if the problem was sovled

[@gotdoged6739]

I even tryed turning off firewall and kept not working my router working well in lan

[@dundydunker]

@@gotdoged6739 that just means your port forwarding isn’t set up correctly. Can you verify that your computer that’s hosting the servers IP address is the same as the one you port forwarded? Go to cmd, do enter “ipconfig” it should be your ipv4 address. And also make sure you typed the port correctly, 25565 for both udp and tcp connections

[@gotdoged6739]

@@dundydunker yes i did btw i have 2 setting 1.local port 2.wan port and i putted my ipv4 adress in both and in local port there was tcp/udp and i selected that the port i putted in both was 25565. Is something wrong here?

[@euzop]

THANK YOUUUUUUUUU

[@David_Edmunds]

I am not sure if this has been answered or not if it has im sorry but im having an issue of I am able to join my server and a friend not on my network is able to join but my roommate who is on the same network as i am cant join.. super bazaar

[@dundydunker]

Probably cause of the way the router was setup. Have him join your private IP to the server. Type ipconfig in cmd on the server and give him the IPv4 address. If that doesn’t fix it, unless I know the error I can’t really say

[@David_Edmunds]

@@dundydunker I’ll give that a try thank you!!