Hi.
Not sure if anyone can help me but i'm desperate.  I have been running a Rust server for about 18 months now. I took the server down and purchased more parts and rebuilt the server but when I go to port forward all the settings in my modem have changed and no matter what I put in the settings its not working.
The original setting were like this :
https://imgur.com/a/qc22Cwb   

And the new settings are like this :
https://imgur.com/a/4aY6HRB

Any idea's at what i'm doing wrong or how it can be fixed?
I have been searching and googling for 3 days straight to no avail. All the info I can find is based on the old settings.
Any help would be muchly appreciated.
Cheers.

The link to your old settings is broken, but your new settings doesn't have an internal IP address set. You need to find the internal IP of the computer that your Rust server is running on, and enter it in your port forwarding config.

On Linux you can find your IP with 'ifconfig' or 'ip address' depending on your distro. In windows I think it's 'ipconfig'. Or you else you can find it in the networking section of your router settings.

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You also want 2 separate rules for 28015 and 28016, you can't bundle them both into the same rule. You also want another one for the Rust+ app.

Thanks for the reply. I had my static IP in the internal IP address but still didnt work. I had it working about 2 months ago now it wont forward for some reason.
Here is another link to the old version which was easy as to port forward.
https://imgur.com/a/CvtGCBG

Is your Rust server behind a router or not?

Yes. I've set a static IP. set the port forwarding rule. If they didn't update router software I would be able to do it. Portchecker is saying the ports aren't open no matter what port forwarding rule i set.

What is your internal IP (static or not)? Because you need to include it in the rule.

You need 3 separate rules:

Name: Game Port
Protocol: UDP
External start port: 28015
External end port: 28015
Internal start port: 28015
Internal end port: 28015
Internal IP address: *.*.*.* (replace with your internal IP)

Name: Rcon Port
Protocol: TCP
External start port: 28016
External end port: 28016
Internal start port: 28016
Internal end port: 28016
Internal IP address: *.*.*.* (replace with your internal IP)

Name: Rust+ App Port
Protocol: TCP
External start port: 28025
External end port: 28025
Internal start port: 28025
Internal end port: 28025
Internal IP address: *.*.*.* (replace with your internal IP)

Ok thanks. I'll try that now.

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Do I still have to set a Port Trigger?

No. Port trigger has nothing to do with it.

No that didn't work either. I just can't work it out. 
After entering to port forwarding rule and with the server running I checked the ports with portchecker.co and 28015 : closed. 28016 : open. 28025 : closed. Not sure if that helps.
I really appreciate you taking to time to try and help too.

I don't trust those port checker websites. I just checked my server's game port (which is working fine) on portchecker.co and it says it's closed. You should try connecting to your server in the normal way via the external IP to see if it's working or not.

I can connect via local and the server is running fine. Not actually sure what you mean by connecting it via external ip lol

Assuming your server is on the same internet connection as your PC, you can look up your external IP here:

https://www.whatismyip.com/

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... then F1 > connect <yourexternalip>:28015

Ah ok now i'm with you. I'll check.
by the way. Any idea on what the interface should be in the port mapping setting?

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Yes I am able to connect to my server via my external ip and my internal ip.

So you're all set then.

The interface looks like it's auto-set so you don't need to worry about it.

My friend tried connecting a couple of times last night but was timed out. 
I woke up this morning to find 2 sleepers on my server which tell me the port forward worked but my server isn't showing on the list for the public to join.
My server is in my history as seen in the link. I connected via local.
https://imgur.com/a/vyVzLrm

Any idea's that I can try to see if I can get the server on the list. I've searched a heap of forums but none have fixed it yet.

I'm getting close. I can feel it haha
Cheers.