Protect Your Home Hosted Server

A complete guide to securing your home network

Why Protect a Home Server?

Hosting a Minecraft server from home is a cost-effective way to play with friends or start a community. However, it exposes your home IP address to the public, making you vulnerable to DDoS attacks which can disconnect your entire home internet. Our service masks your home IP, filtering traffic before it reaches your router.

Step 1: Prepare Your Server

Ensure your Minecraft server is running locally. You should be able to connect to it using localhost or 127.0.0.1.

Step 2: Port Forwarding

Log in to your home router and forward the Minecraft port (default 25565) to your computer's local IP address (e.g., 192.168.1.x). This allows external connections to reach your server.

⚠️ Security Tip: Once protected, you can configure your firewall to only accept connections from our protection nodes, ensuring no one can bypass the protection.

Step 3: Find Your Public IP

Visit a site like WhatIsMyIP.com to find your home's public IP address. This will be the "Origin IP" you use in our dashboard.

Step 4: Add to Dashboard

  1. Log in to your account.
  2. Go to Add Server.
  3. Enter a Hostname (e.g., myserver.example.com).
  4. In the Origin IP field, enter your home Public IP found in Step 3.
  5. Enter the Port (usually 25565).
  6. Click Add.

Step 5: Connect

Use the hostname you created (or the protected IP provided in the dashboard) to connect to your server. Share this address with your players. Your home IP remains hidden!

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