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      posix @DaddyGo
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        posix @DaddyGo
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        @daddygo

        Thanks for the response. Yes! bitdefender firewall on the PC has and was disabled.

        UPDATE: others can join when my child hosts the multiplayer game/world but they still cannot join their classmates/teachers worlds/multiplayer game.

        But the same players/teacher can join each other’s without issue.

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          DaddyGo @posix
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          @posix said in Minecraft Education | Unable to join multiplayer game:

          others can join when my child hosts the multiplayer game/world

          It sounds like multiplayer is working (port 19132), ergo this is not a pfSense or host FW issue

          -does Minecraft Edu. use UPnP or other ports?

          Cats bury it so they can't see it!
          (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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            bigchimpin Banned
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            Welcome to hell, my friend. We are approaching our four year anniversary of this issue, join me in celebrating the eternal life of Feature #7727: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7727

            https://forum.netgate.com/topic/153478/pfsense-multiple-pcs-open-nat-a-solution-and-a-grievance

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              Uglybrian
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              Hello, by any chance are you using a Apple device with private addresses enabled in the Wi-Fi?

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                posix @DaddyGo
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                @daddygo no mention of UPNP.

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                  posix @Uglybrian
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                  @uglybrian no it’s windows 10 dell inspiron laptop it uses private subnet 192.168.40.x they all do. Wi-Fi is provided by unifi AP.

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                    posix @bigchimpin
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                    @bigchimpin hey I remember seeing this bug!
                    Lol it’s been hell last two days. Was considering shelling $799 to netgate support....

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                      DaddyGo @posix
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                      @posix said in Minecraft Education | Unable to join multiplayer game:

                      no mention of UPNP.

                      as the colleague @bigchimpin mentions, we have already discussed it here:
                      (wait - wait and end up waiting) 😊

                      https://forum.netgate.com/topic/153514/nat-issues-when-playing-games-on-two-computers/12?_=1599056109642

                      BTW:
                      so I asked about UPnP 😉

                      Cats bury it so they can't see it!
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                        posix @DaddyGo
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                        @daddygo

                        Ok thanks, so another update I was researching on UPnP and forgot to add the following configuration. (I did this for another gaming PC to get from strict NAT to moderate NAT and I did see better behavior).

                        Services -> UPnP & NAT-PMP (check)
                        Enable UPnP & NAT-PMP (check)
                        UPnP Port Mapping Allow UPnP Port Mapping (check)
                        External Interface WAN
                        Interface SPECIFIC VLAN interface
                        
                        

                        Then under

                        
                        UPnP Access Control Lists
                        allow 53-65535 192.168.40.99 53-65535
                        

                        Unfortunately still not able to join games. Looking at the packet capture I took using (Full) Level detail. I saw many retransmits in TCP. They would come in batches in the flow then everything would return to normal. I googled upnp wire shark capture and it seems all are UDP port 1900 and SSDP.

                        @bigchimpin @DaddyGo I want to thoroughly exhaust my options and go through the steps before calling it.I dont doubt your analysis. Mainly documentation. Perhaps might help others get a workaround in place as I did.

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                          DaddyGo @posix
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                          @posix said in Minecraft Education | Unable to join multiplayer game:

                          I want to thoroughly exhaust my options

                          This will not be resolved today, maybe tomorrow 😉

                          Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                          (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                            posix
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                            UPDATE:

                            My child confirmed today that they are able to join other players world.

                            I can confirm no change in configuration other the last update I provided on
                            making changes Services UPnP & NAT-PMP.

                            Will monitor some more.

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                              DaddyGo @posix
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                              @posix said in Minecraft Education | Unable to join multiplayer game:

                              making changes Services UPnP & NAT-PMP.

                              Which I would like to add, with things like UPnP & NAT-PMP be careful on your firewall.
                              Always run on a separate interface
                              (I see you have a VLAN for this purpose)

                              Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                              (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                  dmp1ce
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                                  Did anyone try just port forwarding the recommended ports on the https://portforward.com/minecraft/ page? I'm going to give that a try because I don't really want to turn UPnP on.

                                  Some additional ports to forward would be 19133 and 25565 which I didn't see mentioned in this thread.

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                                    dmp1ce @dmp1ce
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                                    Nevermind, I guess 19133 is for IPv6 and 25565 is for Java Edition. So, opening 19132 should do it for my setup, but I cannot join only host. Minecraft Education gets the wrong IP though.

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