Need help with connecting my friend to my minecraft server

[Emiliawastakenowo]

Hey i really dont know in what category to put this but.

i made a minecraft server for me and my bf and i can connect but he cant when i give him the IP he cant find the server can anyone help me please.

i gave him my Ipv4 and it didnt work and i tried changing it in the server setting to the ipv4 but still didnt work.

im using minecraft java server that is in their website

 

sorry for my bad explaining 

[Samfisher]

Where are you getting your IP from?  If you're getting it from your network card, that's an internal IP.

[Emiliawastakenowo]

8 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

Where are you getting your IP from?  If you're getting it from your network card, that's an internal IP.

i typed on google whats my ipv4 i dont have a network card normal motherboard connection 

[Samfisher]

3 minutes ago, Emiliawastakenowo said:

i typed on google whats my ipv4 i dont have a network card normal motherboard connection 

You probably need to port forward some ports on your router settings.  I've never played Minecraft so I wouldn't know what ports they use.

 

This might help

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8

[Emiliawastakenowo]

5 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

You probably need to port forward some ports on your router settings.  I've never played Minecraft so I wouldn't know what ports they use.

 

This might help

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8

oh yes i remeber on my router settings i played with it thank you ^^

[Emiliawastakenowo]

15 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

You probably need to port forward some ports on your router settings.  I've never played Minecraft so I wouldn't know what ports they use.

 

This might help

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8

i hope im not showing something that can get me hacked. but i really dont understand how this works or where to start 

[Samfisher]

This resource might help you more, since every router brand and model can be different

 

https://portforward.com/minecraft/

[Emiliawastakenowo]

Just now, Samfisher said:

This resource might help you more, since every router brand and model can be different

 

https://portforward.com/minecraft/

thank you im wathcing the video ill try it now thanks