Windows 10: Port forwarding not working in Minecraft in Windows 11/10

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Some Minecraft users are reporting that their port forwarding stopped working. Because of this, they are not able to enjoy the game to its fullest. In this article, we are going to fix Port forwarding not working in Minecraft with the help of some simple solutions. What is Port Forwarding? Port Forwarding, also known as […]

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Windows 10 Can't port forward "Connection Timed out"


So recently i tried to port forward for a game called terraria it's port is 7777 but it has never worked which is weird since i have port forwarded minecraft before so i tried to port forward minecraft but even then it didn't work i should mention i've been checking my ports with canyouseeme.org anyway when i checked those it had the error "Connection Timed Out" like i said i've port forwarded before but that was before the windows 10 update so could that be the problem it's making me really angry any feedback would be apreciated thanks

 

Help with port forwarding!

Just for clarification: Port forwarding takes a packet that is addressed to your external (public) IP address and forwards if to an internal (private) IP address


First step:

Go to What's My IP Address? Networking Tools & More

Your External (public) IP address will be shown at the top of the page.

This is the IP address that other users on the internet will use to connect to you.

Second step:

Find your Internal (private) IP address.

This is the IP address of the Ethernet card in your PC

This IP address MUST be in one of the following ranges to be guarenteed to work:

10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255

Third step:

Open up the admin application for your router and look for port forwarding/private servers option.

The screen will have a source port number (tcp and udp) and will also have a destination IP address and port.

Example:

Your PC has a private IP of 192.168.0.2 and your run a game server that uses ports 2345 and 8977

In admin screen source ports will be 2345 and 8977 (an entry for each port will be needed)

Destination will be 192.168.0.2 port 2345 and 192.168.0.2 port 8977

Example screenshot of port forward screen http://www.kumagames.com/img/server setup/server_setup_04.jpg

 

How to configure Port Forwarding?

You dont say what the router is so we dont have a clue and you dont say why or for what you are port forwarding.
The best way is goto Guides for Port Forwarding a Router find your router and it will give you step by step instuctions on how to do it