Question about hosting a server

[bwog]

I'm thinking of hosting a server just for the network I'm using. (In other words, the only people connecting would be in my house) Would I need to port forward? What IP would I need to use, external, 127.0.0.1 or another one? What port would it have to be set to?

[sfan5]

I'm thinking of hosting a server just for the network I'm using. (In other words, the only people connecting would be in my house) Would I need to port forward? What IP would I need to use, external, 127.0.0.1 or another one? What port would it have to be set to?

You must use our internal IP (e.g. 192.168.123.123)
Port: 30000 UDP

[mrgasp]

For portforwarding, no you do not.

Port Forwarding is only used when theres more than one device on a network (PC, Router, phone, etc) because theres more than one device under one external IP. For an internal network, you have plunty of internal IPs to use, all will work internally without a portforward.

Hope this helps your understanding =)

Edit: You could also have more than one minetest server on the same port, but two different computers. Like lets say, computer 1, has an IP of 192.168.1.2, and is using port 30000 for the server. Computer two could use the same port, because it has a different IP, like 192.168.1.3. But for external access (with an easy set up) only one can be accessed with the port 30000. How does your network know where to send it to?(even if theres only one server.) Port Forwarding, you tell it where to send the connections to that port to.

PS: Your router is generally 192.168.x.1, Some vary though...so every network could be different =)

Again, Hope this helps.

[jordan4ibanez]

or if the dns is blocked..you must use vpn :3