I have a PC that I'm running icecast server on. I can access my server on my LAN by using 192.168.1.2:8000. In my netgear router I forwarded external port 8000 to 192.168.1.2:8000.
However when I try to access externalip:8000 the connection times out. What could be causing this?
Edit:
I should add I've tried using two different PCs for the server, in two different locations, with two different isps and routers. Both windows computers.
Best Answer
In my experience a standard home user style router creates a firewall rule when port forwarding is enabled (Not Guaranteed on all routers). Other then that all I can think is does windows running the server have a firewall enabled? if so is external networks allowed. 2) I use Linux personally this may or may not be relevant for windows as well when accessing my external IP address from inside the network I always get timeout errors. Something to do with how internal networks route. Have you tried giving a friend your IP and ask them to test this from another remote location?