Alright, so you’ve got the local connectivity figured out—nice work! Now, onto letting your friends join the fun:
Port Forwarding and Testing
Since you’ve already forwarded ports 9876 and 9877, here’s the checklist to make sure everything’s ready for your friends:
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Ensure Ports are Correctly Forwarded: Double-check your router’s settings to make sure port forwarding rules are correct and active.
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Firewall Rules via AMP: Since AMP manages the firewall, you’ll need to run the
ampinstmgr dumpfirewall
as root, which isn’t done by default. So switch to root before you run the command:sudo su -l # switches to root ampinstmgr dumpfirewall
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Sharing your IP:
- Share your external IP address with your friends. You can find your external IP by searching “what’s my IP” in any search engine.
Once the ports are forwarded and the firewall rules checked, ask your friends to try connecting using your external IP address. Since they’re working, you could use an online tool to check if the port is open externally.
Let me know if you need further assistance or run into any hiccups. Let’s get your friends into the game !