How to port forward on a private ip

Question

I wanted to port forward so I can host my own MC server etc... But I realized that my router's public ip is private. Any suggestions I'm using TL-WR740N Thanks.

Answer 1

This is not possible without the support of your upstream provider - who would need to set up port forwards on their equipment to your router.

An alternative us to bypass the problem using a VPN with a static IP provider or doing a reverse tunnel through another box with a known IP (eg using SSH)

Answer 2

This is typically done in the case of a server on your network that has a private IP, when you would like to make the server publicly accessible through it’s public IP address. You would set this up in a firewall by configuring the NAT settings.