DNS forwarding with my domain

[Allong]

Hello there, I have just started to order a shared plan and I plan to be running a game server from my computer and I was wondering if I could set it up so that if the user connects to www.MyDomain.com:1234 (Using the game client to connect) it would forward the connection to a given ip (123.456.789.123:1234) ?

[striddy]

Originally Posted by Allong

I plan to be running a game server from my computer

Do you mean running the game server from your own computer or your shared server?

If shared server, you may want to read the following link.

http://www.hostgator.com/gettingstarted.shtml

In particular 7a.) Resource Usage
User may not:
g) Run any gaming servers such as counter-strike, half-life, battlefield1942, etc

But if you want to run from your own pc, your users need your IP address to connect which will not be the same as your domains IP.

[Allong]

Yeah, I did mean my own computer. I am considering getting a dedicated (They can run servers like that right?)

But I am not that new when it comes to networking and I know that it is possible to have a DNS refer to an IP (Because that's what the DNS was made for) if you want an example of what I'm looking for: DynDNS

I was just wondering if the HostGator's nameservers have support for this.

[GatorDaveC]

Hello,
You would need to make a subdomain that points to your IP with either an A or CNAME record.

Make a support ticket saying something along the lines of this.... "I need SUBDOMAIN.yourdomain.com pointing to 123.123.123.123 as an A record".

[Allong]

Ah yes, that would make more sense, thankyou.

(Also this would help for distinguishing between different servers)

[Honsu]

This helped me too, thanks.
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