Guide:Setting up a Terraria server

Hi and welcome in my step-by-step guide on setting up a Terraria server using the dedicated server software. No Hamachi necessary!

Setting up your computer

 * The first thing you need to do is to discover your IP address, in order to do that click on the start button, then click on your search bar (or run button if you are using Windows XP) and type 'cmd', press enter. It will bring up a little command window. Type 'ipconfig' and press enter. You will see a whole bunch of words and numbers but don't worry and just scroll back to the top. Under the top one which is usually 'Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection' or 'Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2' if you have a wireless connection, find 'IPv4 Address' which is your's computer IP address on the local area network, note that this is not the external ip address which is what we are going to get later. Write it down. Also take note of your Deaflut Gateway; You need this number to forward the port and this is what we are going to do next. Go ahead and write these two numbers down and close the window. Now open up a browser window and type your Gateway number. It might be 192.168.0.1 / .0.2 / .1.1 / 10.10.10.10 ect. It depends on how your network is configured. You should see your router configuration login screen. Now, for most modern routers, Username is 'admin' and the password is 'admin' as well. It also might be 'password'. You can try these combinations but if it's a few years old you may have to do some digging around.