How to set a packet rate limit on a Minecraft server

Set rate-limit=500 in server.properties and restart the server. Players sending over 500 packets a second are kicked; 0 turns it off.

rate-limit

Sets the maximum number of packets a player may send per second before being kicked.

rate-limit=<value>

Examples

rate-limit=0

No packet limit.

rate-limit=500

Kick clients sending over 500 packets a second.

Arguments

valueRequired: The value to write after the equals sign.

What it does

Protects against clients flooding the server with packets. 0 turns the limit off. If you set one, leave plenty of headroom so normal players are not kicked.

Good to know

Changes take effect after a server restart.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.

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