Port Forwarding an Actiontec PK5000

[48and87rock]

I'm trying to port forward my Actiontec PK5000 so i can so i can make a minecraft server i've looked all over the internet and finally found this site hopefully someone hear can help. I'm not in anyway a computer nerd so "simple" english would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Shane]

You posted in the simple port forwarding program forum, are you having trouble with the program?

Shane

[48and87rock]

I have been told that the best way to get the server to work is to port forward your ip address or the port that the server runs on (im not exactly sure how it works).

[Shane]

OK, still didn't answer my question lol

Are you having trouble with the simple port forwarding program? Or do you just need help with port forward? (If so I need to move this topic to the port forwarding thread )

Shane

[48and87rock]

I need help with port forwarding

[Shane]

OK then lets get you going.
First this model is support in the simple port forwarding program. The program does update your router for free, so your welcome to try it first.

What have you tried so far?

Shane

[48and87rock]

I have followed multiple tutorials on YouTube and on another website they said to go into the "Advanced Port Forwarding" under the advanced setup tab in the modem configuation. What I was told to do was to put the start and end port which for Minecraft is 25565 and then the LAN IP address infact i tried several different IP addresses (the LAN IP address, the IP address for my computer , and the IP address for the computer hooked directly into the modem). In one of the videos they gave a link to a website where I could test to see whether or not the port forward worked and everytime it said the port was closed.

[Shane]

You will put the local IP of your computer in the rule.

Then download and use my port tester to test the ports
http://www.pcwintech.com/simple-port-tester

Something has to be listening to accept the connection or it will fail every time. My port tester takes care of that for you.

Shane

[48and87rock]

I used your port tester it still failed

[Shane]

Go ahead and post a screen shot of the port forwarding page int he router. This way I can check the rules for you

Shane

[48and87rock]

[Shane]

Hate to do this to you, but could you get me the screen shot again, but this time scroll the page down so I can see the current rules

Shane

[48and87rock]

If you don't mind would it be ok if i pm you the new screen shot? i dont really feel comforatable with a picture including my ip address floating around the internet

[Shane]

Your local IP isn't accessible on the internet. Only your internet IP is. So your local IP is safe to have on the picture.

Feel free to pm me the picture if you like.

Shane

[48and87rock]

Good to know