Editing Tutorials/Setting up a server (section)

==== Local network dedicated servers ====
''This only applies to Classic (v0.30) servers.''

A common problem for server administrators is the inability to connect to your own server via another machine on your local network. A typical scenario for this is that you have a Classic server running on a dedicated machine, and you have your own machine which you play on. They're both connected to the same router/switch, and have internal IP's with the octets '192.168.x.x'. Normally, connecting via the URL generated for your server will result in an error message claiming that the server is offline.

To correct this, you must add a function to the end of your URL, bookmarks, or whatever else you connect by. The function is: '''?override=true'''<br>
Example: http://www.minecraft.net/classic/play/4c3bebb1a01816acbe31c5ece1570da5?override=true

Previously, (before the 1.8 beta and website update) this was '''&override=true'''. This caused much confusion since the change was not announced by [[Mojang]], and wasn't announced on the website applet pages either. Before the update, connecting to your own URL via the website resulted in red text under the applet window saying "If you can't connect, try ''this link'' instead." The link returned the same thing, with the &override=true affixed to the end.

'''Note:''' This situation does not effect Beta servers, and you should be able to connect via an internal or external IP.