Posted November 15, 2014
I hope there are some knowledgeable Minecraft-veterans here... These Finnish instructions make it sound quite simple, how to start a LAN multiplayer.
So there are two Windows 7 laptops which are connected to a wireless router. NAT is in use so both have an IP address from the router, 192.168.0.x. Both PCs have their own copy of minecraft.exe, and logged into two different Minecraft accounts online. Everything should be set for LAN multiplayer, right?
The first person starts a single-player game, and tells the game to share it to LAN. The other one selects multiplayer, gets a few online servers on the screen, but below there is a text "looking for local games" (in Finnish, not sure what it says in the English version). It seems to be looking for the LAN game indefinitely, never finding it. Or at least the few minutes we waited.
What could be causing this? Newest 32bit and 64bit Javas have been installed on both PCs, Minecraft is up to date (1.8 I think), and I even disabled Windows Firewall on both PCs, just to make sure it is not blocking Minecraft or Java.
Are there some router settings that could affect it (router firewall is set to "Low", but it shouldn't affect connections in the LAN, right?), or does it matter whether the wireless internet connection in Windows 7 is marked as "Home network" or "Public network"? It didn't work with either, even if I've set up a Windows home network between the two computers.
Any alternatives to make multiplayer work with the two machines? They'd like to play head-to-head, and not to connect to public servers. If one runs Minecraft server, do they both have to have a separate public IP address then, ie. I have to change the router to bridged mode; then I will run out of IP addresses as the ISP will give only five public IP addresses, and I have three PCs, one "smart" TV, several phones and one tablet (using wifi) each wanting to go online.
So there are two Windows 7 laptops which are connected to a wireless router. NAT is in use so both have an IP address from the router, 192.168.0.x. Both PCs have their own copy of minecraft.exe, and logged into two different Minecraft accounts online. Everything should be set for LAN multiplayer, right?
The first person starts a single-player game, and tells the game to share it to LAN. The other one selects multiplayer, gets a few online servers on the screen, but below there is a text "looking for local games" (in Finnish, not sure what it says in the English version). It seems to be looking for the LAN game indefinitely, never finding it. Or at least the few minutes we waited.
What could be causing this? Newest 32bit and 64bit Javas have been installed on both PCs, Minecraft is up to date (1.8 I think), and I even disabled Windows Firewall on both PCs, just to make sure it is not blocking Minecraft or Java.
Are there some router settings that could affect it (router firewall is set to "Low", but it shouldn't affect connections in the LAN, right?), or does it matter whether the wireless internet connection in Windows 7 is marked as "Home network" or "Public network"? It didn't work with either, even if I've set up a Windows home network between the two computers.
Any alternatives to make multiplayer work with the two machines? They'd like to play head-to-head, and not to connect to public servers. If one runs Minecraft server, do they both have to have a separate public IP address then, ie. I have to change the router to bridged mode; then I will run out of IP addresses as the ISP will give only five public IP addresses, and I have three PCs, one "smart" TV, several phones and one tablet (using wifi) each wanting to go online.
Post edited November 15, 2014 by timppu
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