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Building a Professional Network

A “Proxy” is a high-performance traffic router that allows players to join one IP and jump between different servers (e.g., from a Hub to a Factions world) without ever disconnecting. Velocity is the modern industry standard, providing better security and performance than the aging BungeeCord.
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12 minutesAdvancedJanuary 2026

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Architecture Overview

A standard network requires at least 3 distinct FREAKHOSTING server IDs:
  1. The Proxy (Velocity): The “Front Door” (Running on Port 25565).
  2. The Hub (Paper): The landing zone.
  3. The Game Server (Paper/Forge): Where the actual gameplay happens.

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Core Configuration

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Step 1: Velocity.toml

Open your Velocity server files and define your backend servers under the [servers] section: 
[servers]
hub = "1.2.3.4:25566"
survival = "1.2.3.4:25567"
try = ["hub"]
  • Forwarding Secret: Note the forwarding-secret in this file. You will need it later.

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Step 2: Backend Servers (Paper)

On your Hub and Survival servers, you must enable proxy support:
  1. Open config/paper-global.yml.
  2. Set velocity.enabled: true.
  3. Paste the Secret Key from Step 1 into the velocity.secret field.
  4. Important: Set online-mode: false in server.properties for all backend servers. Velocity will handle the authentication.
Running “Offline Mode” backend servers is extremely dangerous if your ports are public. A malicious player could bypass your proxy and join your Hub directly as an Admin.
  • The Fix: Velocity’s “Modern” forwarding secret ensures Paper only accepts connections that provide the correct secret key. Never share this key with anyone.

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Last Updated: January 2026 | Minecraft: Network architecture online.