minecraft 1.8 cant connect to server?

Question

these are my server properties:

#Minecraft server properties
#Wed Sep 14 11:28:54 PDT 2011
level-name=world
allow-nether=true
view-distance=10
spawn-monsters=true
online-mode=true
difficulty=1
gamemode=0
spawn-animals=true
max-players=20
server-ip=***.***.*.*
pvp=true
level-seed=
server-port=25565
allow-flight=false
white-list=false
motd=welcome to the server of minecraft

Answer 1

Try to restart the server. If that doesnt work, try deleting and reinstalling minecraft (but copy the folder)