macos setup | GeyserMC | Page 1

daring plank Jan 17, 2026, 9:53 AM

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what part are you getting stuck on?

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are you having trouble setting up a basic server minecraft server on macos or is it specifically trouble getting the geyser plugin to work on macos?

hollow edge Jan 17, 2026, 4:21 PM

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daring plank are you having trouble setting up a basic server minecraft server on macos or is...

practically both, i get lost on how to change the auth, how to find the plug ins folder

daring plank Jan 17, 2026, 10:42 PM

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hollow edge practically both, i get lost on how to change the auth, how to find the plug ins...

ok, i can help walk you through

glossy needle Jan 17, 2026, 10:43 PM

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hollow edge practically both, i get lost on how to change the auth, how to find the plug ins...

If you have a Minecraft Launcher that isn't the default one and allows you to create Minecraft servers, it'll probably be easier.

glossy needle Jan 17, 2026, 10:44 PM

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hollow edge practically both, i get lost on how to change the auth, how to find the plug ins...

Plugins folder won't exist until you launch the server.

hollow edge Jan 17, 2026, 11:22 PM

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glossy needle Plugins folder won't exist until you launch the server.

where do i go to find it once i launch minecraft and the server

hollow edge Jan 17, 2026, 11:48 PM

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daring plank ok, i can help walk you through

like through a vc?

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any helps is appreciated

daring plank Jan 17, 2026, 11:53 PM

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hollow edge like through a vc?

anything is fine, just figured i'd give you the time to check if using another launcher would be easier. I have no experience with that, but I can help you get started on running the server through the terminal

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if you navigate to whatever folder you have your minecraft server in through the terminal, you just need to run the .jar file, this should start up the server for the first time. once it has finished initializing there should be a plugins folder

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you should get something like this on first run, you just need to open the eula.txt that is created in the same folder, in this case, it would be in the folder minecraft-macos

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when running ls you can see that there is more than just the .jar file that we had put in there originally

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:33 AM

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daring plank

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this is where im at currewntly

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:39 AM

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hollow edge

i see the confusion, you're trying to run the file directly, but you need to do java -jar paper-1.21.11-92.jar nogui

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also is there a reason that you are setting up your server in /Library/Java ? it might be simplier to setup a folder in your home directory something like ~/minecraft-server

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:42 AM

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how would i do that? im relatively new to doing such things

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:43 AM

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ok no worries

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let first start by installing homebrew, this will let us install java through the terminal

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https://brew.sh/

Homebrew

The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux).

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you just want to paste /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" into your terminal and once its installed let me know

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:46 AM

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is it supposed to take some time cause i get this and then unable to type anything

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:47 AM

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yea, so it doesn't show you what you type, but you are typing in that. you just need to type your password into the terminal

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the password for your mac specifically

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:48 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:49 AM

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cool it should be installing

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when its done, just type brew install openjdk into your terminal, this will install the latest java version

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:50 AM

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how will i know once its done?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:50 AM

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it should give you access to type in the terminal again

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:51 AM

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its saying its installing the command line tools for xcode

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:52 AM

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yea, that is ok, its needed to be able to install anything through homebrew

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:53 AM

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is this when i should use the command

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:54 AM

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no, its still installing, just wait till it shows you the prompt again like tym@Leclerc-16 ~ %

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oh yea

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now you can use it

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:54 AM

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it says comand not found brew

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:54 AM

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but yea, just copy paste those commands into your terminal before you try running brew

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:55 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:56 AM

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hollow edge it says comand not found brew

can you copy and paste these in?

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we just need to tell your computer where the command 'brew' is after installing

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:57 AM

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idk if it did anything so i js said it twice

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:58 AM

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ok try using brew help

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 12:58 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 12:58 AM

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hollow edge

yea i don't think it says anything after type it in

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nice! its installed, now just type brew install openjdk

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this will install the latest java version

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once you get that installed i'll walk you through moving your server to your home directory

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:01 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:01 AM

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ok try running java -version

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:02 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:03 AM

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ok try running this

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:04 AM

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i dont think anything happened?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:04 AM

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and once you run it, close your terminal and open a new one, it needs to load the new edits

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:05 AM

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should i still close it after nothing has happened?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:05 AM

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yea, there shouldn't be any response from the terminal after running the command

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:05 AM

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ok i opened a new terminal, what should i do now?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:06 AM

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try running java -version again

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:06 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:06 AM

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nice! its installed

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ok lets move your minecraft server

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:06 AM

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how should i go abt that

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:07 AM

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first we will make a new folder in the home directory with mkdir ~/minecraft-server

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:07 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:08 AM

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then if you do mv /Library/Java/Extensions/untitled\ folder/paper-1.21.11-92.jar ~/minecraft-server

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this will move the file to the new folder that you made

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:09 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:09 AM

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ok now do cd ~/minecraft-server

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:10 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:11 AM

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ok, now do java -jar paper-1.21.11-92.jar nogui

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:11 AM

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its saying its downloading mojang, shall i js wait now?

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:13 AM

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ok now you want to go to finder and navigate to the minecraft-server folder

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there should be a file in there called eula.txt, you just need to change it from false to true

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:14 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:14 AM

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looks good, just save the file and rerun the last command

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:15 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:16 AM

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nice! you got your server up and running

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launch minecraft and see if you can join

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go to multiplayer and then direct connection, for the ip use localhost

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:17 AM

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okay i was able to join

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:17 AM

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nice!

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if you go to that minecraft-server folder then you should see a plugins folder

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you can add geyser and whatever other plugins you want into that folder

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:18 AM

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okay i see it and opened it

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:19 AM

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you just need to restart the server to get the plugins to load

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:20 AM

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ok so i put the plugins in and reopened the game

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:20 AM

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in that terminal window that you running the minecraft server you can enter stop to stop the server. just make sure that when you are changing plugins that the server is off because it can cause some weird corruption issues if you move a file while its running

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:21 AM

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okay i used the command

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:21 AM

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yea so you should be able to just put the plugins in the plugins folder

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:22 AM

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like this?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:22 AM

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to run the server again you just need to run the command java -jar paper-1.21.11-92.jar nogui

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:22 AM

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hollow edge

yup

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:23 AM

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daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:25 AM

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nice, you should be able to join the server on your phone or whatever bedrock client you wanted to

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you just need to figure out what your local network ip is

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:25 AM

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so will i have to redo the said commands whenver i wished for someone to join, or is it like permanently they can join, and what if im using a realm does that change anything?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:27 AM

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it mostly depends on how you want to have it setup. im not sure if you're on a desktop or laptop

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:27 AM

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i am on a laptop

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:28 AM

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if you wanted you could just leave the server running all the time and that way your friends can join whenever or you can just run it when you and your friends want to play

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but if you're on a laptop, i would not recommend running it all the time because its going to kill your battery life

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:29 AM

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i constantly keep it on the charger, will it cancel it out from dying

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:30 AM

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oh ok then yea, just run it whenever

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the next thing that you're going to have to figure out is how to port forward on your router

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:31 AM

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okay so rn im in the realm i wanna use to have people join in and play together cause they will be on bedrock and me on java, how do i go about letting them join and such/

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:31 AM

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daring plank the next thing that you're going to have to figure out is how to port forward on...

how do i do that

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:31 AM

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port forwarding allows the server to be accessible people outside of your local network

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:31 AM

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do i do that in terminal or how?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:32 AM

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hollow edge okay so rn im in the realm i wanna use to have people join in and play together ...

im not sure if you're able to connect a minecraft realm to a java server. I think you might be able to download the realm world and then transfer it to the server running on your laptop, but im not entirely sure

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:33 AM

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so does that cause me to not use a realm to connect with bedrock?

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:37 AM

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so with the setup that we just did, it runs a java server that allows bedrock players to connect to said java server.

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:38 AM

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i saw this

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:40 AM

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yea, that sounds like a really complicated setup

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he also suggests just downloading the world

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:40 AM

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would that allow them to join anytime or no

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and if i were to download it, how do i do that

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:42 AM

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hollow edge would that allow them to join anytime or no

honestly i have no idea

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:42 AM

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hollow edge and if i were to download it, how do i do that

im not sure, ive never used realms before. i'd just recommend googling it and seeing what you can find

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:42 AM

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i feel like the user implied it does? but idk cause he vrought up the fact its always on

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i more or less was able to download it but now it says its a single player world

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:46 AM

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yea im not really sure. it might be worth looking into a hosting service if you want to keep it running all the time because it really would simplify the setup

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or just googling around some more

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i'll try to help you out some more, but i just don't have any experience with these things myself so i don't feel super confident giving more advice

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:48 AM

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i appreciate all the advice even given now, i found a site that offers to host the server, but again backtracking to having bedrock players, how do i enable them to join and such cause ik im supposed to get a number or smth that they put in to join

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 1:52 AM

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yea no problem, when you setup that server with a host you can put the plugins in the plugins folder like we did. i think the only thing that you should look out for is that the hosting platform allows you to set another port for the server because the geyser plugin uses the bedrock port 19132 instead of the usual java port 25565

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 1:54 AM

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so if i wanted to say rn start up a multiplayer server, and want to enable it where people join, do i even create a multiplayer in the first place since it asks me to create a server address?

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i appreciate all ur help and i apologize for any hinderence i have put on u,im js like completely lost in this area

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:04 AM

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you mean like the server ip that you give people to join the server that we just made or when you set one up on a hosting site

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:05 AM

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the one we js made

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:07 AM

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ok so you're going to have to port forward before you can give your friends the address unless you guys are all on the same wifi

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im guessing you are in different houses?

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:07 AM

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yes, so how do i go about port forwarding

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:08 AM

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do you know what kind of router you have?

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:08 AM

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like provider, or like the physical thing

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:10 AM

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the physical thing

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sometimes people get a different one than the one the provider gave them

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:12 AM

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oh ok, well i can go to my router but what would i be looking for

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:12 AM

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if you go to the physical router on the back or the bottom theres gonna be like a bunch of information like a website and a password and like an admin login or something like that

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:12 AM

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okay ill go to it now

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:13 AM

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it might look something like this https://192.168.1.1/

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usually something like this

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:16 AM

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i found it saying network name and then the password

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but nothing containing http

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:18 AM

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thinkLego

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ok can you go to your wifi settings in macos?

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if you click the ... then click network settings

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you should see something like this

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your numbers will be different

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:21 AM

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oh yes i found it

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what do i do now

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:22 AM

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type the router ip address into your web browser

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:23 AM

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what now

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:23 AM

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did it load a webpage?

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:25 AM

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it more or less js looks like what pops up after any normal search, like a reddit forum and other articles/sites

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:26 AM

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oh like a normal google search?

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:26 AM

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yes

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:26 AM

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ah

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https://portforward.com/router.htm

portforward

Port Forwarding Your Router to Get Open Ports

Open ports on your router with our port forwarding guides. We have guides specific to your router.

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this is what i used to learn how to port foward

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you just need to figure out what router specifically you have so that this page can walk you through doing it

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:28 AM

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ah ty, i think i get the jist of everything and from here on out i can work it all out on my own, ive taken up a considerable anmount of time already and u helped me with the part i had the most trouble on

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i appreciate u so much

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:29 AM

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sorry its just that the process is different for each router so its not super obvious how to walk you through those steps

hollow edge Jan 18, 2026, 2:29 AM

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its fine i understand, u were a tremoundous help

daring plank Jan 18, 2026, 2:30 AM

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@ me or send me a pm if you need some more help

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