Domain straight to games server

[#1]

My son has bought a domain name and wants it to point straight to his games server, I know how to make it work for a normal website but this is a new one for me, I guess to 123.reg settings have to point to the ip as in xx.xx.xx.xx:9257 ? help?

[#2]

Hello there zpeterk,
Do you know which game it is, and where is the domain DNS is hosted? Plusnet, Just-The-Name, or else where?
Thanks,
Matt

[#3]

It is currently with 123.reg, the games vary as do the port numbers, he has the required ports forwarded to the server.

[#4]

Hey,
Depending on what the game is, and if it supports the record type.
You could create an SRV type DNS record, which forwards to the port.
More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record
Hope this helps,
Matt

[#5]

Thanks Mattz0r thats exactly what I require
Cheers

[#6]

You're welcome

[#7]

I am having a bit of trouble getting the host name part correct, I read it should be of the form    _srv._tcp.mc.wickedsnake.co.uk.     but it does not work, has any any ideas?
Got it by going through al combinations its  _mc_tcp.wickedsnake.co.uk

[#8]

I thought it was something like this:

_minecraft._tcp.mc.wickedsnake.co.uk.

They might have included _mc as well, I'm not sure! but if it works, that's the main thing

[#9]

easier way of doing it would be to set an A record and then it would be simply a) domain.co.uk:9876 or b) domain.co.uk and the game auto attempts its default port