I've purchased two copies of Minecraft for my sons to play over our local network. One pc is Windows 7 32 bit and one is Windows 7 64 bit. Minecraft runs ok but when one try's to open to lan the ip in the bottom left corner says 0.0.0.0:port. I've researched online and tried to connect direct with ip and port but no luck. They both have the newest version of Java. We are running over a Cisco Valet router. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
0.0.0.0 isn't a real IP address. It's the address that a server uses when it is 'listening' to every IP address that a particular computer has.
The server sends out an advertisement that the other computers on your network should see, and those computers use the address that sent the advertisement to show in the server list, and to connect to.
If you aren't seeing the server on the other computer, it is likely the firewalls on the computers either blocking their transmission or receipt.
You can try direct connect, but you would need to manually check the server's IP configuration to determine the address to try to connect to... and the server's firewall could still block the connection attempt.
Thanks! I've tried direct connect with no luck. I've tried adding the minecraft.exe to allowed programs but I have read that it is only an updater. I don't see any install directories so what can I add to the firewall as exceptions so I can be sure it is not blocking it.
You could try adding java (java.exe, javaw.exe)
Are your computers both connected to a network that's configured in Windows as a "Home" network? Windows firewall uses the network type to swap rules in and out wholesale.
I've purchased two copies of Minecraft for my sons to play over our local network. One pc is Windows 7 32 bit and one is Windows 7 64 bit. Minecraft runs ok but when one try's to open to lan the ip in the bottom left corner says 0.0.0.0:port. I've researched online and tried to connect direct with ip and port but no luck. They both have the newest version of Java. We are running over a Cisco Valet router. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
The server sends out an advertisement that the other computers on your network should see, and those computers use the address that sent the advertisement to show in the server list, and to connect to.
If you aren't seeing the server on the other computer, it is likely the firewalls on the computers either blocking their transmission or receipt.
You can try direct connect, but you would need to manually check the server's IP configuration to determine the address to try to connect to... and the server's firewall could still block the connection attempt.
Are your computers both connected to a network that's configured in Windows as a "Home" network? Windows firewall uses the network type to swap rules in and out wholesale.