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Minecraft server online but no one can access it?

I bought a server from servercraft got it online and working, opened ports on the router and on windows firewall, it says my server is online and I can get on it but no one else can for some reason. What am I not doing or doing wrong?? Please help

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  • 8 years ago
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    Your private LAN IP address may work for others on your local network, but for anyone on the internet to connect to it, they would need to know your public IP address (and port if different from minecraft default 25565). If this is on your home network most ISPs have dynamic IP addresses which can change unless you specifically have a static public IP address.

    It is best to leave server-ip= blank in server.properties file, because if you set the wrong IP it will not work.

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