[MC-26344] Cannot connect to lan servers or Minecraft server 1.6.2

I bought the game so I could play with my little brother. A few months ago, every time we tried to join the other's LAN servers, it gave a message saying failed to connect. We tried switching who was hosting a server, didn't help. It doesn't work on Vanilla, Volts or Hexxit. Very frustrating.

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kumasasa 2013-07-17T06:22:20Z

Please attach the complete output of the "Development console" of the launcher. CTRL-A, CTRL-C there, CTRL-V in the ticket.

Jakob Arnold 2013-07-17T08:23:02Z

What is the ticket? Sorry, I'm a bit technologically impaired.

Jakob Arnold 2013-07-17T08:23:08Z

What is the ticket?

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:24 PM, [Mod] Kumasasa (JIRA) <

kumasasa 2013-07-17T17:35:38Z

This web page which you're reading just now.

Jakob Arnold 2013-07-17T19:14:48Z

Launcher 1.0.10 (through bootstrap 4) started on windows...
Current time is Jul 17, 2013 12:14:25 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.6.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Sun Microsystems Inc.'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
Going to log in with legacy stored username & password...
Loaded 1 profile(s); selected '(Default)'
Trying to log in...
Logging in with access token
Logged in successfully

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kumasasa 2013-07-17T19:20:18Z

Your Java is ancient. Please update your Java to the latest version: http://www.java.com/en/download/ . Keep in mind that when using a 32-bit browser on a 64-bit OS the automatic version detection will only show the 32-bit version of Java, the 64-bit version needs to be downloaded manually: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp .

Jakob Arnold 2013-07-17T20:07:53Z

We both downloaded the newest version, along with the 64 bit. Still, nothing works. I've tried hosting the LAN server, and he can't even see it on the multiplayer screen. He hosts and I try to join and it says: Failed to connect to server. Connection timed out: Connection. I'll paste my development console below.

Jakob Arnold 2013-07-17T20:08:30Z

Launcher 1.0.10 (through bootstrap 4) started on windows...
Current time is Jul 17, 2013 1:06:15 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
Going to log in with legacy stored username & password...
Loaded 1 profile(s); selected '(Default)'
Trying to log in...
Logging in with access token
Logged in successfully
Delta time to compare resources: 1018 ms 
Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
Job 'Resources' finished successfully
Getting syncinfo for selected version
Queueing library & version downloads
Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (8 threads, 19 files)
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Finished downloading C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.2\1.6.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully
Launching game
Looking for old natives to clean up...
Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.2\1.6.2-natives-4105069753650
Launching in C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
Running C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -Xmx1G -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.2\1.6.2-natives-4105069753650 -cp C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.2\1.6.2.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main --username Trolldix --session token:6c98ddcee8ea45cdb8167ee512316f7a:db44ef2c0bb74e258e87dcb457097323 --version 1.6.2 --gameDir C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft --assetsDir C:\Users\Jakob\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets
---- YOU CAN CLOSE THIS LAUNCHER IF THE GAME STARTED OK ----
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Client> 2013-07-17 13:06:19 [CLIENT] [INFO] Setting user: Trolldix
Client> 2013-07-17 13:06:19 [CLIENT] [INFO] (Session ID is token:6c98ddcee8ea45cdb8167ee512316f7a:db44ef2c0bb74e258e87dcb457097323)
Client> 2013-07-17 13:06:19 [CLIENT] [INFO] LWJGL Version: 2.9.0
Client> 2013-07-17 13:06:19 [CLIENT] [INFO] Reloading ResourceManager: Default
Client> 
Client> Starting up SoundSystem...
Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
Client>     (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
Client> OpenAL initialized.
Client> 
Client> 2013-07-17 13:06:25 [CLIENT] [INFO] Connecting to 192.168.1.6, 55419

Tails 2013-07-19T16:50:44Z

This is a technical support issue; this site is for bug reports only. For technical support please use the Mojang Support Center.

Jakob Arnold 2013-07-22T08:07:28Z

I fail to see how this issue can be considered resolved, I've checked around the internet and lots of people are having the same problem. It's not resolved at all. If it were truly resolved, I'd be able to connect to LAN servers, and people would be able to connect to mine. This is kind of BS.

Tails 2013-07-22T13:31:51Z

The issue is on your side. Check your router/firewall settings. For technical support please use the Mojang Support Center.

bruno perry 2013-08-10T12:38:15Z

I'm having the same issue here.
My girlfriend bought the game so we could play together in LAN mode, but we keep having this type of issue.

She has a MacBook Pro, and I have a Win8 Desktop PC. She creates the server, but sometimes, I cant log in (connection timed out)
this is really annoying since we both bought the game so we could play it together...

And please, don't tell your costumers that the issue is on their side... I can play any other game (LAN mode) with my girlfriend!

Jakob Arnold 2013-08-10T21:16:53Z

Me and my little brother play Star wars: Battlefront 2 together all the time.

bruno perry 2013-08-11T09:22:26Z

I have found a workaround for this: I restarted my router and it works. But still, this is a workaround... It shouldn't be this way?!
Please Minecraft crew, fix this! Its really annoying to have to restart my router every time I want to play a LAN mode Minecraft!
P.S- Great game! 😃

gabe gonzalez 2013-09-12T22:13:42Z

try doing direct connect