A: Follow these steps to try and get connected to the Minecraft server
- Restart your computer
- Clear your DNS cache
- Open command prompt with administrative privileges
- Type: ipconfig /flushdns
- Hit enter
- Force update your client
- Restart your server
- Undo any changes made through FTP
- Ensure that you have the correct IP. Your ISP can change this without warning and you may be using an old IP address.
The Minecraft wiki also has a set of instructions on how to setup your router
Minecraft port forwarding
If you still can't connect to your Minecraft server
- Backup your server
- Open server properties
- Change the world name
- Restart Server