[Fernado Samuel]

i have seen ips like this

Server.my-server.us:PORT


and how can they be done?

[Khanz]

Get a domain and create a DNS record
put in server and value as your server IP and choose A name.

[Fernado Samuel]

Ok and what is TTL ?Is that the port?

[Khanz]

Leave TTL alone put it like 10 if you have to, port is already set you don't have to mess with it

[Fernado Samuel]

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Originally Posted by khanz Leave TTL alone put it like 10 if you have to, port is already set you don't have to mess with it

I have to set those things in my Domain cpanel or webhost cpanel?. I am asking this because both have that option to set the record.

[linuxthefish]

Do not set the TTL to 10, that's a ridiculous value.

Point an A record to your server IP, and set the TTL to 14400. Some hosts reject low TTL's due to additional server load looking up DNS queries all the time...

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Originally Posted by Fernado Samuel I have to set those things in my Domain cpanel or webhost cpanel?. I am asking this because both have that option to set the record.

If you have the nameservers in your domain control panel pointing to your webhost, set the new record in your webhost panel.

[Sinner]

TTL = Time To Live
It's the amount of routers your request can pass before it is dropped. 10 Would be extremely low.

[Fernado Samuel]

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Originally Posted by linuxthefish Do not set the TTL to 10, that's a ridiculous value. Point an A record to your server IP, and set the TTL to 14400. Some hosts reject low TTL's due to additional server load looking up DNS queries all the time... If you have the nameservers in your domain control panel pointing to your webhost, set the new record in your webhost panel.

Ok, if i set the record the how much time to take effect?

[linuxthefish]

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Originally Posted by Sinner TTL = Time To Live It's the amount of routers your request can pass before it is dropped. 10 Would be extremely low.

You are incorrect, it's basically the amount of time DNS queries are cached for in seconds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live#DNS_records

[Sinner]

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Originally Posted by linuxthefish You are incorrect, it's basically the amount of time DNS queries are cached for in seconds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live#DNS_records

Oops, my bad. I didn't know it was also used for DNS records! TTL for IP packets does mean the following though:

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia The TTL field is set by the sender of the datagram, and reduced by every router on the route to its destination.