What is the network page for?

Every server on the internet is reached through an IP address and a port, and this page is where you manage both. It shows your server's IP, the port players connect on, and any extra ports (called allocations) assigned to it. From here you can see your connection address, add more ports for the things that need them, choose which one is primary, and label them so you remember what each is for.

Your IP and port: how players connect

Your server's address is an IP followed by a port, written like 123.45.67.89:25565, and this page is where you copy the exact one to hand out. Minecraft assumes the default port 25565, so on that port players can usually type just the IP and get in, but any other port has to be included in full or the connection fails. The primary allocation shown here is the address people use to join, and it is also on your server overview, ready to copy and share.

What are allocations, and when do you need extra ports?

An allocation is simply an IP and port reserved for your server. Most servers run happily on a single allocation, but some setups need more than one, and that is exactly what the "New Allocation" button here is for. It hands you a spare port that you can point a plugin or service at. The most common reasons to add one:

• A proxy like BungeeCord or Velocity, which sits in front of several servers and needs its own port
• Geyser, which lets Bedrock players join a Java server and listens on a separate UDP port
• A live web map like dynmap or BlueMap, which serves a browser map on its own port
• A voice-chat plugin such as Simple Voice Chat, which uses an extra port for audio

The routine is always the same: add the allocation here, point the plugin's config at the new port, and restart the server. You can also mark one allocation as primary, which is the address players use to join, and add a note to each so a busy server does not turn into a guessing game.

Turning your IP into a domain

Sharing a raw IP works, but a domain like play.yourserver.com is easier to remember and looks far more professional on a website, a Discord, or a poster. You connect a domain to the IP shown on this page using DNS records, which you set at wherever you registered the name. For a Minecraft server there are usually two:

• An A record that points your domain, or a subdomain, at your server's IP address
• An SRV record named _minecraft._tcp that carries your server's port, so players can join with a bare address and never type the port

With both in place, an address like play.yourserver.com resolves straight to the correct IP and port. The change takes a few minutes to spread across the internet, and after that it just works. If you would rather see it done than read about it, the walkthrough below covers the whole process end to end.

Where can you buy a domain?

You register a domain through a domain registrar, usually for a small yearly fee. Any registrar works with any server, so the choice mostly comes down to price and the DNS dashboard you prefer. A few of the well-known ones:

Once you own a name at any of them, you open their DNS section, add the A and SRV records above, and point them at your server's IP and port. That is the entire setup, and you only ever have to do it once per domain.

Adding a subdomain to a domain you already own

You do not need a brand-new domain for every server. If you already own one, you can add a subdomain like mc.yourdomain.com or play.yourdomain.com by creating the same A and SRV records, but for that subdomain instead of the root domain. It costs nothing extra, takes effect in minutes, and is the normal way people run several servers or services, a website, a map, and a game server, all under one name.

Want the domain without any of the setup above? Eternal Hosting hands out free subdomains with the A and SRV records already pointed at your server, so there is no registrar to pay and no DNS panel to touch. You claim an available name and share it exactly as it is.