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finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:33 AM

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Fair, that makes sense

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What is the make and model of your router?

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:34 AM

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JENSEN AX1800

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:37 AM

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https://www.jensenofscandinavia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AX1800-Norsk-v1.1.pdf This look like your device?

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If so, then see Page 22

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:38 AM

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yes it does!

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im guessing the port number should be 30000 instead of 21?

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:39 AM

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Yes, for both instances

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Protocol TCP

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Internal IP is the IP address of your hosting computer, basically what Foundry puts into the internal invite link field, http:// and :30000 not included

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So just a XXX.YYY.ZZZ.AAA number

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:41 AM

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so lets say its like

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199.166.333.111 LAN port 30000 WAN port 30000 Protocol TCP

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:42 AM

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You can freely share the internal IP, but yes

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:43 AM

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ill test to see if they connect now

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:43 AM

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You can test yourself too, from a phone on mobile data for example

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:44 AM

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did not work

steady pelicanBOT Apr 9, 2022, 10:45 AM

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Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT)

CGNAT is a service used by ISPs to decrease the number of IPv4 addresses their networks use. It places an additional router outside the customer's own network and provides them with an internal IPv4 address provided by the company. This often prevents incoming connections on numerous ports.

Confirming the presence of CGNAT

To confirm you are affected by CG NAT, use one of the following commands:

Windows 10: open a powershell window and use the following command
tracert (curl https://ifconfig.me/ip -UseBasicParsing); tracert 8.8.8.8

Mac/Linux: open a terminal and use the following command
traceroute $(curl ifconfig.io); traceroute 8.8.8.8

After the command has completed, please post a screenshot here with the results so a troubleshooter can interpret them.

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:48 AM

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at the inv link it does still write "your internet apears to be closed"

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:48 AM

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That unfortunately indicates that you are behind a CGNAT

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:48 AM

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okay

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:50 AM

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You can either call up your Internet Service Provider and check if they can take you off that, which they sometimes might do, potentially for a charge, potentially for free, potentially not at all. Other options are using one of the partner hosting service for a small monthly fee or looking into hosting on a cloud server or VPS. Some offerings like Oracle Cloud allow you to host for free.

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Or maybe one of your players can host for you if they are not limited by cgnat

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:50 AM

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already talked to them. and was told they had no idea what that was and could not do anything

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wait can they host with me as a GM?

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:51 AM

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Yes, the 'admin' is different from the GM role

stiff perch Apr 9, 2022, 10:51 AM

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okay we will have a look at that, thank you very much man! at least I know wth is going on

finite wave Apr 9, 2022, 10:51 AM

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Happy to help, feel free to delete the message with the IP trace :)

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If players are also limited we have some step by step guides to host on Oracle for example https://foundryvtt.wiki/en/setup/hosting/always-free-oracle

Foundry VTT Community Wiki

Always Free Oracle Cloud Hosting Guide for Foundry

This guide provides easy to follow steps for a relatively simple installation of Foundry plus a reverse proxy using Caddy at the end of which you will have a functional cloud-hosted Foundry installation using Oracle Cloud.

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Just putting it out there

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