Quote from So you mean i can open for example port 23456 for my server and that is safer then 25565? But why is it safer? Thanks all btw! So opening a port is like putting a small hole in the firewall. It allows an external computer to use it as a point of access to your computer to potentially run viruses, etc. 25565 is the default port for minecraft and since it is a common port a hacker could choose to simply include it in their attempts on your network.

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Opening a more random port above 1024 is a little better as it isn't the normal port and they would instead have to use a sweeper to check for all open ports, takes longer but not impossible. To do that you'd need to change it in server properties and then open the same port. This does make it 'safer'. So is there no risk? No, because you are allowing people to connect to your computer, however, that is obviously necessary to run the server. Therefore, there is a risk, but as others have stated its lower that opening a bunch of ports all at once and using something like a torrent as that can allow a ton of unknown connections. Quote from A got a program called 'Simple Port Fowarding' it works but may still be confusing.

Open up windows start and in search type 'cmd' and hit enter. Type in ipconfig and hit enter. Get your wireless ipv4 address and search it in your internet browser.

It will come up with your router and internet provider. Type your router model into Simple Port Fowarding and it will tell you stuff like the default password and username to enter etc. Not sure if I'm 100% I've only done it once before. I wanted to know this worked too. I have port forwarded now with 15565 but i had a hamachi server with that port so i cant use the 25565 anymore. Is there a way to delete my other server to i can use 25565 again? EDIT: i tried 6,8 and 25569 and i cant use them.

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I got this: INFO Starting minecraft server version 1.0.0 INFO Loading properties INFO Starting Minecraft server on 62.238.186.178:25569 WARNING. FAILED TO BIND TO PORT! WARNING The exception was: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: JVMBind WARNING Perhaps a server is already running on that port?