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I set up a Minecraft server on my Mac (macOS Big Sur 11.1) using Mojang's provided server jar file (https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server). It worked when I joined from the LAN with the IP localhost as well as the IP address the computer used to connect to the internet (I am connecting to the internet with iPhone USB hotspot as I cannot get WiFi where I live). However when other people tried to join they got this error message:
Failed to connect to the server
io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information:
This happened even when I disabled my firewall and allowed all incoming connections.
How do I solve this problem?

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  • Have you forwarded your ports? Try connecting using your public IP. Does it work?
    – Junelilly
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 17:23
  • are you trying to connect via your local ip address over wan? please watch a tutorial about making a minecraft server instead of doing it on your own if you dont know how to do it.
    – Topcode
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 17:26
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    First of all, localhost does not go over LAN, because it never leaves your computer. Second, when you say "the IP address the computer used to connect to the internet", are you connecting to your mac using a different computer connected to a different network? If so, other people should have no issues connecting to your mac either, unless they didn't configure their client properly.
    – Nolonar
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 17:32
  • I know that this is probably an issue because I am connected to the internet through iPhone hotspot. Therefore I cannot forward ports. Is there any way to make it work with an iPhone hotspot?
    – Joelvanf
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 17:45
  • there is no way to port forward hotspot, instead connect to your wifi router
    – Topcode
    Commented Jan 5, 2021 at 18:30

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