Help with my minecraft server
I am on a mac and I just finished my Minecraft server. I would like to log into it, but when I go to direct connect and type in *:25565 it just says "Unknown Host".
Best Answer
The default port that Minecraft runs on is 25565 and the client assumes that port when connecting if none is listed. Since the server is running on the same machine as the client, you can connect to the server by typing the following in the field
localhost
If you want to connect to the server from a different machine, you should replace localhost with the ip address or hostname of the appropriate server. If Minecraft is running on a port other than 25565, connect with the following
localhost:<port>
You can identify the ip address of a mac by going to the command prompt and typing ifconfig
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