I know how to port forward, with 28015 on UDP and 28016 on TCP. The rust server is up and running, I am able to connect to it via localhost or using my external IP. I've looked everywhere online, including allowing windows firewall to allow access to these ports. RustAdmin works so I believe it is a port issue even though it looks correct. I have attached screenshots with the ports being forwarded just to ensure I am configuring this correctly. Any support is greatly appreciated. https://imgur.com/7rznFcK (Router Port forwarding) https://imgur.com/waulkUW (Windows Firewall Port Forwarding)
Rust server not allowing connectivity to external users.
If you are able to connect via the external IP then usually others should be able to as well. The first thing I would suggest is to completely disable your firewall temporarily and see if that resolves the problem. If it does then you'll know it's a port forwarding issue, and vice versa.