I was told that to join my own minecraft server, I need to join it through localhost.
What is localhost exactly? Originally, I was attempting to join my own online server by typing my computer's ip address followed by the port in the direct connect. After this, another forumer mentioned localhost. What can you guys tell me about it?
localhost is a hostname that automatically maps to 127.0.0.1 the loopback IP address which means "this machine that I am on", i.e. the "local host".
Every computer is localhost so you can always be sure you have the address right, whereas your other IP address is likely a dynamic DHCP address and can change from time to time.
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What is localhost exactly? Originally, I was attempting to join my own online server by typing my computer's ip address followed by the port in the direct connect. After this, another forumer mentioned localhost. What can you guys tell me about it?
Thanks in advance.
-VD
If you typed in "localhost" in the direct connect, you'd still connect to your server the same way you do when you type your IP manually.
Every computer is localhost so you can always be sure you have the address right, whereas your other IP address is likely a dynamic DHCP address and can change from time to time.