Either a really good or i didnt really pay attention

[GanjajoggiBig]

so ive been thinking of making a minecraft server or any server for other games for me and my friends to play on but i cant since i cant enable port forwarding, but now ive had the idea to use a dns to translate the servers IP into a domain, but i wonder if it would bypass port forwarding

so its either a good ideo or im just desperate

 

[Levent]

not it wouldnt.

All DNS does is translates example.com to numbers like 1.1.1.1

[GanjajoggiBig]

2 minutes ago, Levent said:

not it wouldnt.

All DNS does is translates example.com to numbers like 1.1.1.1

but in my class they said it goes both ways meaning that 1.1.1.1 is translated into example.com and reverse

[Levent]

1 minute ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

but in my class they said it goes both ways meaning that 1.1.1.1 is translated into example.com and reverse

100% sure you got that wrong.

 

Computer reaches to a DNS server.

DNS server resolves the domain client sends

client connects to website using IP and hostname combination.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

[Kilrah]

21 minutes ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

i wonder if it would bypass port forwarding

No.

 

You can set up a VPN you all connect to with e.g. Tailscale.

 

[Donut417]

39 minutes ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

so ive been thinking of making a minecraft server or any server for other games for me and my friends to play on but i cant since i cant enable port forwarding, but now ive had the idea to use a dns to translate the servers IP into a domain, but i wonder if it would bypass port forwarding

so its either a good ideo or im just desperate

 

No thats not how that works.

 

Why cant you port forward? Is it an issue with access to the modem/router? Does your provider use CGNAT?

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

but in my class they said it goes both ways meaning that 1.1.1.1 is translated into example.com and reverse

DNS is used both ways, but to translate 1.1.1.1 back into its domain requires the owner of 1.1.1.1 to set its reverse DNS.  My ISP for example lets me request for them to do that as they offer a static public IP address per customer.

 

DNS has nothing to do with ports however, other than in some cases having an entry to tell clients which port is used for which service on your domain.

 

Port forwarding always has to be done on the box the public IP address is on, your router if you are not behind CG-NAT, your ISP if you are (but I'm not aware of any that offer this service as they do not guarantee you are shared on the same public IP address all the time).

[GanjajoggiBig]

44 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

No thats not how that works.

 

Why cant you port forward? Is it an issue with access to the modem/router? Does your provider use CGNAT?

cant put my vodafone router into expert mode that allows port forwarding

[whispous]

36 minutes ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

cant put my vodafone router into expert mode that allows port forwarding

Why can't you put it into expert mode?

[GanjajoggiBig]

12 hours ago, whispous said:

Why can't you put it into expert mode?

first i stupidly forgot the password, secondly im lacking the customer accout to be able to do that and since it is under my mothers name she hasnt come arouund to provide me with the contract details to make a customer account

[whispous]

49 minutes ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

first i stupidly forgot the password, secondly im lacking the customer accout to be able to do that and since it is under my mothers name she hasnt come arouund to provide me with the contract details to make a customer account

Often, performing a factory reset will work to set an ISP provided router back to it's defaults. Of course, this will wipe all settings on the router but this is the path you should take - getting access to "expert mode".

[GanjajoggiBig]

21 hours ago, whispous said:

Often, performing a factory reset will work to set an ISP provided router back to it's defaults. Of course, this will wipe all settings on the router but this is the path you should take - getting access to "expert mode".

only thing i miss is the customer account which i cant get without the contract info which i currently cant be provided with

[whispous]

1 hour ago, GanjajoggiBig said:

only thing i miss is the customer account which i cant get without the contract info which i currently cant be provided with

What I mean is, routers can usually be reset by pushing a recessed button. Look up the instructions for your model. Again, note this will wipe all previous custom settings.