A problem with Sock.lua library

[SkippyDip]

Hi, I have this problem that might sound stupid but I've been stuck with it for a long while now.
I am using a library called Sock.lua (https://github.com/camchenry/sock.lua) and I have a problem with public host/self-hosting

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server = sock.newServer("IP HERE", 22122)

What IP do I use? I tried my public IP and it gave this error:

Failed to create the host. is there another server running on 22122?

I can local-host fine but I can't public-host..
Please help, thx.

[raidho36]

Address indicates on which IP the server is going to run. You usually want to use asterisk ( "*" ) or "localhost" for server IP when you create it.

[pgimeno]

"*" fails with some libraries on some systems. 0.0.0.0 should work fine across platforms. localhost is not guaranteed to work for anything other than your own computer.

[SkippyDip]

But I wanna make it so people around the world can connect to the server/IP, I don't want to localhost.

[pgimeno]

Use 0.0.0.0

[SkippyDip]

Okay, thank you so much for the help.