How to make a new, private multiplayer minecraft server?

I want to play Minecraft with my sister in a new world without other people being able to come in. How do I make a server and what do I do for the Server Address?

Answers:

1. download logmein hamachi
2. set up a new network and get youre friends to join the network with the same network id and password as you chose.
3. open the server program from minecraft.net
4.click on the numbers at the top of your hamachi and click copy ipv4 adress (this is the server ip)
5. once your friends are in the log me in hamachie network you just get them to copy the ipv4 adress and they can be on your server
6. if someone joins that you dont want type /kick (player name)
7. if you open the server propeties you can turn on whitlist, once you turn it on you can change the whit list (jsut type the user names you want to allow to join)

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Best Answer - Chosen by Voters 1. download logmein hamachi 2. set up a new network and get youre friends to join the network with the same network id and password as you chose. 3. open the server program from minecraft.net 4.click on the numbers at the top of your hamachi and click copy ipv4 adress (this is the server ip) 5. once your friends are in the log me in hamachie network you just get them to copy the ipv4 adress and they can be on your server 6. if someone joins that you dont want type /kick (player name) 7. if you open the server propeties you can turn on whitlist, once you turn it on you can change the whit list (jsut type the user names you want to allow to join)

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Look up a video called how to make a minecraft server port forward don't use hamachi causes to much lag.

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Just get the exe file from minecraft.net Run it Get your local ip (NOT GLOBAL) Join it **WARNING** will only work if you guys are in the same network (Wi-Fi, router)

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Taco, hamachi doesn't cause lag at all. Any lag you get is your computer's fault.