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Dear Minetest Community.

Me and my brother (on the same network) would like to set up a 2 player minetest server.
is there a way to use a server between the two desktop computers without using bandwidth monitored by our isp. thanks

Sure.
Open a world using the advanced tab and find out your (local) IP and connect to it.

this wont use bandwidth?
i am concerned as we are on a lite internet plan with a very small bandwidth usage allowance

brainiacbob wrote:this wont use bandwidth?
i am concerned as we are on a lite internet plan with a very small bandwidth usage allowance

You're playing locally, so it is not using any Internet bandwidth. If you played through the Internet, it would still use little bandwidth.

New problem

on the laptop that i am using, when i try to connect to the server that i am hosting from my desktop computer, the laptop just stays on the screen that says connecting to server, it seems to be stuck there and i dont know why

brainiacbob wrote:New problem

on the laptop that i am using, when i try to connect to the server that i am hosting from my desktop computer, the laptop just stays on the screen that says connecting to server, it seems to be stuck there and i dont know why

Which IP address are you connecting to?