Minecraft connection issue

NecroFlex · May 18, 2019

My buddies and i decided to set up a MC server (used 0.0.0.0 as the IP so it's easier), i set it up on my desktop PC since i don't use it that often, i use my laptop more. The thing is, they can connect using my IP, but i can't with my laptop.

I know minecraft is super retarded with local connections, but i tried the desktops IP, i tried my IP, i tried 0.0.0.0, i tried to also add the port at the end (which is forwarded) but nothing works, some give me ''timeout'' but some give me a ''connection refused''.

I have no idea on what to do, i was able to do it a while ago, but that was back when i still had the best OS called Windows 7, Shitdows 10 seems to be too retarded for this. Any ideas?

Pringlulz · May 19, 2019

You might need your internal network's IP address for your laptop. So, for example, your external port might be 0.0.0.0:25565, but your internal one might be 192.168.1.6:25565. I'm not sure if that's what you meant by "your ip", but it's something to try. You can get this one by going into cmd and typing ipconfig.

There might also be router settings preventing you from doing it. It could be that your wireless network is treated as a different environment than your wired connections, but that should have been covered by you trying the external IP of 0.0.0.0.

From my experience, nothing changed when I recently tried to start a Minecraft server on Windows 10. I'd recommend going back to using your dynamic IP address assigned to you by your ISP. You can get this one by going to "whatismyip.com" or typing what is my IP into google (because they do it now I think). You can just change the address you sign in with when your dynamic IP changes. You'll run into a lot less headaches that way unless you're running a server that random people can join.

Hope this helps.

NecroFlex · May 20, 2019

On 5/19/2019 at 5:16 PM, Pringlulz said:

You might need your internal network's IP address for your laptop. So, for example, your external port might be 0.0.0.0:25565, but your internal one might be 192.168.1.6:25565. I'm not sure if that's what you meant by "your ip", but it's something to try. You can get this one by going into cmd and typing ipconfig.

There might also be router settings preventing you from doing it. It could be that your wireless network is treated as a different environment than your wired connections, but that should have been covered by you trying the external IP of 0.0.0.0.

From my experience, nothing changed when I recently tried to start a Minecraft server on Windows 10. I'd recommend going back to using your dynamic IP address assigned to you by your ISP. You can get this one by going to "whatismyip.com" or typing what is my IP into google (because they do it now I think). You can just change the address you sign in with when your dynamic IP changes. You'll run into a lot less headaches that way unless you're running a server that random people can join.

Hope this helps.

Got it fixed calling my ISP, the LAN port i was on was directly connected to them or something, it basically didn't give a public IP if i understood the guy correctly. I moved the cable to another port and got it working there after some tinkering (port forwarding with this ISP is a bitch tho)