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What options to choose for external server pc port mapping
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Amur catfishOP
Hello! I'm very new to server hosting and basicly know nothing about this. I'm trying to host a server for few people I know and want to do it as safely as possible. I got it to work with playitgg but it has bad latency and started to look into actual port forwarding but can't find any tutorial on what to fill these slots on the port mapping page. I have ubuntu server made from old mini pc that is running pterodactyl. Do I need to open the ports on the server too or just from the router settings? Should it be ipv6 or ipv4? Should the internal host be the server pc? what application it should be? Basicly to me this screen looks a lot different than any of the video tutorial I found so I dont know how to fill these properly.
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dont answer that
you dont ask someone for their public ipv4 
Brown bear
ok then what is the first octal of their ipv4
Amur catfishOP
Ok what about the other options? What should be the application? There are options like dns and ssh
Brown bear
whats the router model
Asian black bear
inb4 CGNAT
Brown bear
thats why I wanted the ipv4
or at least the first octal
Asian black bear
I understood 
@Brown bear what is your public ipv4
Connecticut Warbler
you say that without telling the dude where to look, especially for checking for cgnat where googling what is my ip address wouldnt work
Amur catfishOP
Router model is Huawei K 562 mesh I think. The brand on the online listing is DNA witch is my internet provider but the modem has Huawei markings
There are ipv4 option for port mapping too
I changed my plan to ethernet and asked the provider if game server hosting would be possible and they told me that there should not be any problems with that
Asian black bear
We'd be happy to help you get your server properly port forwarded, but please know that it's not always a possibility. Much of the world is not able to port forward game servers from their home without paying extra for a static IP from their ISP (this is due to the very limited number of IPv4 addresses worldwide compared to number of devices/users).
With that being said, lets try to get your port forwarding working. But if it doesn't, don't be discouraged from other options. I know you tried playit.gg and had a subpar experience but there's alternatives as well.
Anyways, unrelated but a few tips for your server.properties to keep your server safe:
- Enable whitelist
- Never disable online-mode
- Enable hide-online-players
With that being said, lets try to get your port forwarding working. But if it doesn't, don't be discouraged from other options. I know you tried playit.gg and had a subpar experience but there's alternatives as well.
Anyways, unrelated but a few tips for your server.properties to keep your server safe:
- Enable whitelist
- Never disable online-mode
- Enable hide-online-players
@Amur catfish There are ipv4 option for port mapping too
Asian black bear
You will need to should probably use IPv4, as Minecraft doesn't really support IPv6.
otherwise all players will need IPv6 to able to join
otherwise all players will need IPv6 to able to join
Assuming you aren't behind CGNAT (big assumption but we can test for that if things don't work), you'd want to go into IPv4 Port Mapping (AKA port forwarding) in your router's web dashboard.
- You can set the type to User-defined for ease.
- Enable the port mapping of course
- Give it an easy-to-recognize name like Minecraft.
- For the WAN dropdown, I don't know how many options you have but there is only one real answer to that. Provide a screenshot of the dropdown options if you can.
- Internal Host is the internal/private IPv4 address of the device running your Minecraft server
- External Source IP address you should be able to leave blank (although let me know if this isnt the case)
- Protocol is TCP and port number use 25565 - 25565
- You can set the type to User-defined for ease.
- Enable the port mapping of course
- Give it an easy-to-recognize name like Minecraft.
- For the WAN dropdown, I don't know how many options you have but there is only one real answer to that. Provide a screenshot of the dropdown options if you can.
- Internal Host is the internal/private IPv4 address of the device running your Minecraft server
- External Source IP address you should be able to leave blank (although let me know if this isnt the case)
- Protocol is TCP and port number use 25565 - 25565
you just need to enable a flag for it
iirc
@Tamz it does support it actually
pretty fine
pretty fine
Asian black bear
Ok true I did not realize that. Thank you. Although important to note only people who have IPv6 would be able to join
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