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Most routers block incoming connections for security reasons, which means players won't be able to connect to your server. Port-forwarding is the term used to describe the process of allowing connections through specific ports, and forwarding those connections to your PC that the server is running on.

Servers hosted from PC's at home need to allow incoming connections via the ports the server uses, and forwarded to the PC that the server is running on. If incoming connections are blocked by closed ports, players won't be able connect to your server, and the server listing won't be able to show your server since it can't communicate with it either.

This is usually done within the router's configuration. The instructions for port forwarding vary per router so they won't be listed here, but here's a webpage with plenty of information: [https://portforward.com/router.htm portforward.com] ... Choose your router from the list. When selecting a router, the website will give you instructions on how to open ports for your router. You'll need to open UDP and TCP ports for the server and HTTP connections. The default ports are 22000 for both, but these can be different depending on server configuration.