Trouble connecting to server

[Kousaten]

Providing you're just studying MS, that's the best way to go. The IP William gave you directly connects to your PC, but unfortunately doesn't let other players connect. In other words, if you ever want to let other people play on your project game, you need to set the client to your IP or IP mask and figure out why you can't connect. Usually the problems deal more with routers than anything else, but firewalls can cause trouble if you don't know how to configure them.

I apologize if I'm doing nothing but stating the obvious, however.