Port forwarding not working?

[fervent cairn]

Hi, I've been hosting a minecraft server on my own laptop for my friends and we recently decided to install dynmap to use, however they are not using the same area but when i sent them the (server ip {192.168,etc.} : 8887) it doesn't work showing site cannot be reached, I'm lost for what i should do, any ideas?

[pliant silo]

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[main drift]

Internal ip adresses cannot be accessed from outside of your network

Your friends need to use your external ip which is the same for Minecraft

[fervent cairn]

i thought so, i was wondering if the ipv4 would work but it didn't either

so for them to view dynmap it would be (myipv4:8887)?

[main drift]

Did you open the port in your router?

[fervent cairn]

yes

I double checked it and i opened the ports like i did with the server

[main drift]

Your external ip yes, ipv4 is just a version, can be internal or external ip

If that is not working, you need to allow dynmap through your device's firewall

[fervent cairn]

with regards to joining my server i just gave them the wan ip my router is teling me and they seem to be able to join

[main drift]

Then use that same ip with the dynmap port for your friends

[fervent cairn]

oops sorry

[fervent cairn]

I'll get them to try it now

[main drift]

👍

[fervent cairn]

i assume this is the same process as what i had to do when i set up my server a while ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8&list=PLpyRjy6_wK0YaY75IM-BYF3OJb2J5Pvpa&index=1&ab_channel=TroubleChute

this was the vid i learnt to port forward my server in

[fervent cairn]

my friend just tested it and it still doesn't work

[main drift]

Yeah, the setup should be the same, dynmap uses tcp only afaik

[main drift]

.

[pliant silo]

Configuration.txt link: https://pastebin.com/00rMX7eQ

[fervent cairn]

I did i even had my firewall fully off to test it

[main drift]

What does dynmap say on server start?

[fervent cairn]

i didn't question the 0.0.0.0 cause geyser is the same

[pliant silo]

0.0.0.0 means any IP Addresses. You should not put that in the browser, instead use your minecraft server's IP.

[main drift]

Can you acess dynmap using another device on your internal network?

[fervent cairn]

yep

i used the internal ip:8887 and it connected

[main drift]

Then your port-forward is incorrect

[fervent cairn]

I'll redo it again but it should be the same as how you port forward a server except i can just do it with tcp right?

[main drift]

I think so, use https://github.com/webbukkit/dynmap/wiki/Installation#getting-started #6.3

[fervent cairn]

ok it turns out i had the on my router i accidentally put an extra number in the ip -_-

thanks for the help and sorry for the wasted time lol

[main drift]

No worries, glad it works