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I want to host a server,

I read the wiki,

got the MC server hosting tool,

Used the control panel application for port forwarding,

Made the .Bat file,

2014-11-07 08:03:11,954 ERROR Error processing element Queue: CLASS_NOT_FOUND
2014-11-07 08:03:12,075 ERROR Unable to locate appender ServerGuiConsole for logger
[08:03:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.8
[08:03:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Loading properties
[08:03:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Default game type: SURVIVAL
[08:03:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating keypair
[08:03:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
[08:03:15] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing level "world"
[08:03:15] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing start region for level 0
[08:03:16] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 80%
[08:03:16] [Server thread/INFO]: Done (1.411s)! For help, type "help" or "?"



Friends still can't join. I'm having them try to join by typing this into the direct connect box:

108.53.107.231:25565

What am I doing wrong?