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I made a creative server a few months back so my friends and I could play and hang out on it. It has worked perfectly, with all the plugins etc. (it's a bukkit server). I have port forwarded it and done all the necessary things to allow it to be online, and others have even been able to join it. Today, I started up the server with the start.command file that I created and the server is online. When I try to connect to the server on Minecraft, it doesn't even show it being online on the server list, it just shows either "offline" or the loading symbol. I do not know what the problem is, but here is a screenshot of the console when I start the server. (I run the server on an iMac).

Thank you

I am using my external IP address. I don't really know what to find in my group manager config file if I check...

You mean connect to the server using the internal IP (localhost)?

When I connect using the internal IP it works, but when I connect using the external IP it doesn't...

I am trying to understand why I cant connect using my external IP though because the whole point of the server is so my friends can join from their houses...

I still need help .... ?

I don't think so, because when I run the server and check if the IP is online on https://dinnerbone.com/minecraft/tools/status/ , it says that the server is not online.