People Lag on my Minecraft server [java]

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Sorry if this is not the sub for questions like these,

I am trying to host a Minecraft server for my friends but they keep having connection issues. I don't think that it is related to ram since it has 8GB and there is a max of 5 of us on at once.

Whenever more than two people are on the server at once everyone's connection but my drops to one of two bars and the game becomes very awkward to play for them. Task manager says I am only ever sending or receiving at max 3 mbps which should mean I am plenty remaining since internet tests place my connection at 45 download and 40 upload.

I guess my question is, how can I get Minecraft to use more of my internet?

Also, whenever I run the test when the server is running I only get 10 download and 5 upload.

Posted Dec 23, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

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Currently playing on 1.18.1 but the issues were around before that.

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