I can connect to server, but my friend can't

[FuYo]

Title I can connect to server, but my friend can't

Launcher Type Twitch Desktop App

Modpack SkyFactory 3

Modpack version 3.0.13

Have you modified the pack? No

Link to log file No log

Details of the issue I can connect to my SkyFactory 3 server just find with the "localhost" IP, but my friend can't connect using my public IP. I have tried as many fixes as I could, but it still would not work.
>I have port forwarded
>I have tried disabling my firewall
>I have allowed Java(TM) Platform SE binary through my firewall
>I have the latest version of Java
>I have done the basic "restart the server" stuff
>I have tried just about everything I have found on the internet
Please help...

 

[grandrolf]

If you can connect using the localhost then you know the server is running, then there's only local firewall and the portforward that needs to be fixed.

If it's windows firewall you can use PowerShell to add the port (open Powershell as administrator, and change the port in the command if you use anything else than default):

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow 25565 for Minecraft Server" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Profile Any -LocalPort 25565 -Protocol TCP

Portforward - check this site out:
www.portforward.com

If you still have issues, contact your ISP and make sure that they don't block traffic or something like that.

Good luck!

 

[FuYo]

If you can connect using the localhost then you know the server is running, then there's only local firewall and the portforward that needs to be fixed.

If it's windows firewall you can use PowerShell to add the port (open Powershell as administrator, and change the port in the command if you use anything else than default):

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow 25565 for Minecraft Server" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Profile Any -LocalPort 25565 -Protocol TCP

Portforward - check this site out:
www.portforward.com

If you still have issues, contact your ISP and make sure that they don't block traffic or something like that.

Good luck!

Thank you for your help!

I went to canyouseeme.org/ to see if I port forwarded correctly, and it appears like I did.

And this is what happened when I tried to put the new rule in PowerShell.

 

[FuYo]

Never mind, after some deep digging, I found out that my router uses the IPv4 Address and not the public IP. Thanks for helping anyway

 

[grandrolf]

If it's windows firewall you can use PowerShell to add the port (open Powershell as administrator, and change the port in the command if you use anything else than default):

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow 25565 for Minecraft Server" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Profile Any -LocalPort 25565 -Protocol TCP

The reason that the firewall rule didn't work was because you didn't start PowerShell as administrator - that's why it states "Access is denied".

Your public IP-address is most likely a IPv4 address.