Minecraft Server help

[BoggerBoss]

i am attempting to start my own server and have followed every instruction step by step. but it still wont work. ive got the whole thing up in running and i can open the game as local host, and i have done all the port fowarding stuff. please help

[FredyBobJoe]

A little more info is helpful, what operating system are you using, what instructions are you following?

[BoggerBoss]

1 minute ago, FredyBobJoe said:

A little more info is helpful, what operating system are you using, what instructions are you following?

https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server

on windows 10 64 bit. and yes i made sure everything is running on  64bit applications 

[Enderman]

You can't connect to your external ip from the same computer.

That's why you can log in with localhost.

Only your friends will be able to use the external IP.

[FredyBobJoe]

When you set the static IP in windows did you make sure it was on the same subnet as the rest of the network? Can you connect from another computer on the same network?

 

[BoggerBoss]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

You can't connect to your external ip from the same computer.

That's why you can log in with localhost.

Only your friends will be able to use the external IP.

it says every time

[Olaf6541]

4 hours ago, BoggerBoss said:

it says every time

Did you make sure the server is actually running? Also what ip did you fill in in your client?

[BoggerBoss]

16 hours ago, Olaf6541 said:

Did you make sure the server is actually running? Also what ip did you fill in in your client?

i put my ipv4 address and yes the bat file was running when i did this

 

[Olaf6541]

4 hours ago, BoggerBoss said:

i put my ipv4 address and yes the bat file was running when i did this

 

If you want to test the external ipv4 address you have to access the server from outside your network, for example using 4G or school/friends wifi.