Hosting a dinosaur survival game on a Linux box: the networking step that beat me

Tariq Vos · 2026-09-16T00:53:36.213Z

im literally losing my mind here im tearing my hair out... my a dinosaur survival game server on a Linux box works locally, but my friends server list shows nothing. I forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on teh host when I checked the network: [code] Any ideas before I give up and rent a server? I'm reasonably techy, but networking is not my strong suit. I'd appreciate a checklist of what usually goes wrong, so I can go through it step by step.

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Tariq Vos
@tariq_voxel
23 rep · 4 posts
last mo.
im literally losing my mind here im tearing my hair out... my a dinosaur survival game server on a Linux box works locally, but my friends server list shows nothing. I forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on teh host when I checked the network:
```
Network & internet
Wi-Fi  •  HomeNet_5G
No internet, secured

Connected, but nothing loads. Troubleshoot problems?
```
Any ideas before I give up and rent a server?

I'm reasonably techy, but networking is not my strong suit. I'd appreciate a checklist of what usually goes wrong, so I can go through it step by step.
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Yusuf U.
@yusufu600
12 rep · 2 posts
last mo.
uhh does ur routers WAN IP match your public IP? ??

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Tariq Vos
@tariq_voxel
23 rep · 4 posts
last mo.in reply to @yusufu600
yeah so i only forwarded TCP 25565. i didnt know about the separate query port. idk what else to say tbh

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Eamon
@ekoch
53 rep · 2 posts
last mo.
port checker sites often report UDP ports as closed even when they work, because UDP has no handshake. test by having a friend connect directly with your public IP and port instead.

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Erik Fontaine
@binaryhound
173 rep · 9 posts
4 wk. ago
hmm idk idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh. following, having teh same problem

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Eamon
@ekoch
53 rep · 2 posts
4 wk. ago in reply to @binaryhound
holy cow ok update: did what @yusufu600 said and its fine now. told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been a whole week

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Ash Adler
@daemon_works744
102 rep · 4 posts
4 wk. ago
Allow teh server through teh host firewall. On Windows: New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Game Server" -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 27015 -Action Allow (adjust protocol and port). on Linux with ufw: sudo ufw allow 27015/udp. fingers crossed 🤞

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