Hi,

I have an interesting problem. I cannot connect to a personal server I set up. What's interesting is that I can connect to it from the LAN using its non-local IP address. However, I cannot seem to connect to it from anywhere else.

Here's how my server is set up:
My entire home has a single Ethernet cable that goes directly into our router. Every device in the house is connected to the router. My server is on a static (local) IP address. The router is configured to forward the necessary ports to my server. So, when I tested out my connection, I was able to connect to my server from another computer on the same local area network using my non-local IP address (the IP address assigned to my router by my ISP). However, when I try to connect to my IP address from a computer that is not on my LAN using my non-local IP address, I receive an error like this:
I can connect to my server from my LAN using the router's IP address, but I can't connect to it from outside of my LAN using the router's IP address. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Could there be some sort of setting I missed that's necessary to make my router "public?"