minecraft Wiki has a complete guide. The link can be found under 'Sources and related links' below this answer.
Use the hamachi server.
you cannot set up permissions in a normal minecraft server. you must have a bukkit server to use permissions. check the bukkit forum for more info.
You need the server software first. Once you get the server set up, you can copy your save to the server.
Servers are free to get and set up. Simply download it from Minecraft's home page. The link can be found under "Sources and related links".However, you will need to purchase a premium account to sign in to your server, unless you set the flag "online-mode" in your server.properties to false.
First off, an online server means that the server is up and running. It is available for people to join. An offline server means that the server is down and closed for people who want to join.
Use the hamachi server.
Watch youtube videos.
you cannot set up permissions in a normal minecraft server. you must have a bukkit server to use permissions. check the bukkit forum for more info.
You need the server software first. Once you get the server set up, you can copy your save to the server.
Servers are free to get and set up. Simply download it from Minecraft's home page. The link can be found under "Sources and related links".However, you will need to purchase a premium account to sign in to your server, unless you set the flag "online-mode" in your server.properties to false.
No
If you have a normal server, you have to op people from the console to give them permissions. If you have a craftbukkit server, you can download a plugin for permissions.
First off, an online server means that the server is up and running. It is available for people to join. An offline server means that the server is down and closed for people who want to join.
Anyone who downloads the server application. Even you can set one up on your computer. Go to minecraftforums.net for one, scroll down to the servers area, or just Yahoo/Google minecraft server.
You should be able to. Contact your friend and see whether or not he or she set up the server right.
You do not need a Minecraft account to set up a server, so unlimited. However most computers can only run one server at a time
Minecraft has a separate multiplayer server file to download for free. Just look for the links for the forums or look at Youtube to find out how to set it up.