Having troubles with connection

[Expecticament]

My friends can't connect to my TShock server, they just stuck on "Connecting to...". We tried to use all of my IPs, but nothing works. (port forwarding is turned on, port 7777)

[QuiCM]

Are connections to/from Terraria server allowed through your firewall?

[Expecticament]

My firewall is turned off

[hakusaro]

Question: You've been using an ip that you know is on the public internet, right? Like from ip4.me? For port forwarding to work, you also need the gateway/router configured for TCP on 7777 to your local IP (from the command line: ipconfig /all, and look for your local IP). All of these have to be IPv4 IPs, like 1.2.3.4. You know you're looking at a local IP if it starts with 192.168.x.x, 10.0.x.x, 172.16.x.x..

[bartico6]

If your local IP (local as in intranet, inside your home network) doesn't work, then it might also be an issue with your computer's firewall settings. You should try connecting to 127.0.0.1 and see if that works. Generally speaking though, if there's a Windows Firewall prompt like the one below, you should allow it.

[hakusaro]

I believe in @bartico6's last post, he meant "try connecting to 127.0.0.1"?

[bartico6]

That is correct, I'll amend the post to reflect that

[Expecticament]

There's no any problems if I connect to my own server with "localhost", "127.0.0.1".

[moisterrific]

Then it’s most likely not a TShock issue.

[hakusaro]

I removed your IP unless you really want it hanging around. You're definitely using UPnP. The trick is that your local IP will change a lot on your internal network unless you have a static IP assignment internally. Port forwarding works by taking incoming packets from the Internet and forwarding them to a known destination. If you don't have a known destination, like if your computer lost its IP, then you won't have the same IP anymore.

In other words:

1. Your friends must connect to your public IP.
2. Your router/gateway must forward port 7777 to your computer's port 7777 on your local IP.

To get a static local IP, you can edit your network settings to assign one, or you can use a "DHCP reservation" on the router/gateway. If you turn on a DHCP reservation, it'll always give your computer the same IP. That way you can turn it on, find your local IP, and then map the port there. You can follow these instructions to both set a static IP and to port forward based on your router: https://portforward.com/help/terraria/.

[Expecticament]

OK, thanks a lot. I will try this one.

[hakusaro]

Any luck @ShadowNotFake?

[Expecticament]

I have not tried it yet, because I am not at home. I will write in 2-4 days, when I will back.

[Expecticament]

It works! Thanks a lot for your help:D