Unlike the whitelist, which allows players to join your server, the ban prevents players from joining your server. The whitelist is therefore a handy tool if you have a group that you want to play with. You can use the ban commands if you want your server to be publicly available. Anyone can join your server, but if any players behaves rudely, you can ban them from the server.

You have two different ways to ban a player. With the name-based ban, you use the players name to ban that player. This will prevent him from joining your server with his Minecraft account. Theoretically, the person can log in with another Minecraft account and join your server again.

The other option is the IP ban. In this case, the IP address of the player is used. This prevents him from joining your server from the same device. Of course, you are best protected if you use both ban methods on the player.

You can use the ban commands directly in the chat of your server or in your Pockethost console.