Help with making my server public

[whydouneed2]

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i made my server. it's gungame and it has mani_admin and all that, and it has an internal ip, but how do i add an external ip? thx, and the server will be great once it has an ip!

[Drocona]

You can't add an external IP, usually this IP is owned by the router or gateway. You can tell the router to forward requests on your external IP to an internal IP which makes the server show up as internet for the world (on the external IP) and on LAN for you (internal IP)

[whydouneed2]

how do i forward requests onto an internal ip?
that would make all requests for external to go on internal right?

[Drocona]

Yes, find your routers name and go to the guide for HL2 Steam server on this site: http://www.portforward.com

[whydouneed2]

aright thx!
now the ip address of my server is [staticip]:27015 right?

[Spartanfrog]

For external yes, for internal just [staticip].

[whydouneed2]

ok thx

[whydouneed2]

there's no need for my external ip?

[Mooga]

people need to use the server's external IP if it's behind a NAT.

[whydouneed2]

thats the whole problem i can't find/get it working/make my external ip

[Arjen]

http://whatismyip.com/

[Mooga]

I use http://whatismyip.org/
No ads, just your IP in text. Straight and to the point.

[whydouneed2]

so it's just that with :27015 at the end? wow that was easy! thx! that's all i've been looking for lol!

can i connect to my own server using its external ip? or do i have to use the internal one?

[Mooga]

both should work

[whydouneed2]

external doesn't work