Allow DNS name when connecting over IP

Comments: 14

• 19 Feb, '21
  Jeff

  +1 for this suggestion! This would help a lot!

• 20 Feb, '21
  Bob

  This is a low hanging fruit.

• 22 Feb, '21
  Code

  I too would really appreciate this! Really helps those of us that constantly have our ISPs changing our IPs.

• 22 Feb, '21
  Sam

  This would be a good privacy and logistics consideration as well. Privacy to not share public IP addresses and logistics for (not so tech-savvy) users being able to remember how to connect to a server.

• 22 Feb, '21
  SuperMeadBoy

  Yes this please, I am hosting a dedicated server for friends but it doesn't show for some of them in the server browser list, and I don't have a static IP available to use the numeric-only Direct Join, but do have access to a dynamic DNS address.

• 23 Feb, '21
  Trenjeska

  helheim yes!
  I know this is Early Access and the connect IP box just a quick UI hack, but as a QoL improvement it would be really appreciated.
  That reminds me... does it accept IPV6.... time to test!

• 23 Feb, '21
  oPyRuSo

  helpful for dynamic IP and i think not so hard to do (just remove restriction ?)

• 24 Feb, '21
  TBone

  yes, please do this, especially with the connect to ip thing not remembering the last ip that you connected to. Not easy for people who want to play but suck at computers to do.

• 24 Feb, '21
  oogle

  This would be great! Much easier for people to remember a DNS name instead of an IP address.

• 24 Feb, '21
  Thyazide

  I already have a redirect for my dedicated server. Please make it useful.

• 25 Feb, '21
  Phillip

  Oh wow I just posted asking for this then saw your suggestion. I don't think it would be too hard if they're using C# or similar just pass the current input through a method like this and spit out a response if it's unresolvable.
  
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.dns.gethostentry?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=net-5.0#System_Net_Dns_GetHostEntry_System_String_

• 25 Feb, '21
  Oran

  Yes! And assume default port. i.e. only require port entry if it's non-default

• 02 Mar, '21
  Tomatomage

  It's fixed by the update which was shipped today. Already tested, worked finde. Thanks to the devs :)

• 02 Mar, '21
  Toby

  Remembering the last entered value would also be greatly appreciated.