: Manually allow Craftopia.exe through the Windows Defender Firewall.

: Be extremely cautious with .rar files from unofficial forums or Discord links, as they often contain malware or outdated DLLs that may trigger anti-cheat bans.

: The Client's "Join LAN" menu should listen for these packets on the local subnet.

: Program the Host machine to send a "Heartbeat" packet every few seconds on a specific port (e.g., 8788) containing the Server Name and Internal IP.