Bandwidth Question

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Bandwidth Question

by brainiacbob » Mon Oct 21, 2013 15:49

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
 

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by sfan5 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 16:04

Sure.
Open a world using the advanced tab and find out your (local) IP and connect to it.
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by brainiacbob » Mon Oct 21, 2013 17:56

this wont use bandwidth?
i am concerned as we are on a lite internet plan with a very small bandwidth usage allowance
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by Calinou » Mon Oct 21, 2013 18:04

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.
 

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by brainiacbob » Wed Oct 23, 2013 19:48

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
 

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by sfan5 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 20:11

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?
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