CAN SOMEONE TRY JOIN MY SERVER TO SEE IF IT WORKS?

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Could some one quickly jump on my server just to see if it is up and running i had some issues with my ip being DCHP, it's a DW20 1.6 MOD SERVER IP = 192.168.0.7:25565
 
The IP you listed is a local IP, which means it will only work on your local network.

Go to a website like whatismyip.com and use that number to connect people from outside your local network. Though you probably need to do some port forwarding and stuff :)
 
It says My IP is 5.69.176.135 But when my friends try to join they can't seem to see the server. and i have already PF 25565 on my router. even when i try to join on 5.69.176.135 i can't find server. ALSO on that whatosmyip.com it says I'm in London LMAO I'm in Liverpool.
so i run CMD prompt and did ip config and MY IPV4 ADDRESS IS 192.168.0.7
 
It's quite normal that you can't connect to the 'outside' IP address, that's just because you're inside the network. Though your friends should be able to connect to the outside IP, if you have setup the portforwarding and firewall rules. Port 25565 is indeed the default port so that looks good, now you just need to make sure the firewall (both inside your pc and in the router) are not blocking any traffic. At first try to disable the firewall and see if it works. If you could make screenshots of your settings I'm willing to take a look.

To elaborate a bit about the different IP's:
See the IP 5.69.176.135 as the front door of your house and the 192.168.0.7 IP as the door to a specific room inside your house. Portforwarding is nothing more than painting a way from the front door to that specific room in your house, so any visitors (ie internet traffic) can find their way. When you are IN the house, you won't use the front door but a direct way to that specific room. In this case it means you use the local IP (192.168.x.x.) for connecting from inside your network and the remote IP for any outsiders. A firewall is a bouncer at the front door (in the router) or a bouncer just outside the specific room door (firewall in your pc). The bouncer has a special guest list, who to let in and who to keep out. Remove the bouncer and see if it works :)

DISCLAIMER: For this I assumed your server is located in your local network, aka home server.
 
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ok so i have turned of my Windows Firewall could you try connecting to my server on my IP,
yes running on my PC
 
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It's not working yet, I'm getting a timeout error while connecting.

Could you post some screenshots of your router configuration? Especially the portforwarding part? The portforwarding needs to point to IP 192.168.0.7 on port 25565
 
ok i got a pic of my port settings i will change this to 192.168.0.7?
 

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Yes you need to put the local 192.168.0.7 IP there, since you need to tell the router where to send packets coming from the internet on port 25565 to the local network.

Edit: Just tested, it's working now! Have fun. (but add a whitelist since your ip is noted here now, everyone can connect!)
 
ok thanks, i have changed that on my router so will you try reconnect to my server? ohh i see someone connected was that you?
 
ok Great Thanks a lot for your help :), just another quick ? i noticed DW20 has just been updated, is it possible to use bukkit plugins on my server with MCPC yet or do i have to wait?
 
I'm not into mc servers normally, just networking in general. I have no idea about bukkit and that stuff. Might be better to wait for someone with that knowledge to answer that.
 
You will also need to update your plugins to 1.6.4 if they were 1.4 or 1.5 versions, unless they are forward/backward comparable like royalcommands for example.
 
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