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I'm trying to setup an SRV record to let users connect to a game server.

The server uses the port 27016 UDP and TCP (actually TCP is used just by steam) so I have created two SRV records:

_ARKSRV._tcp.join.domain.tld.   SRV domain.tld.
_ARKSRV._udp.join.domain.tld.   SRV domain.tld.

But when I try to ping it or use nslookup I get:

~$ ping join.domain.tld
ping: cannot resolve join.domain.tld: Unknown host

~$ nslookup -q=SRV _ARKSRV._tcp.join.domain.tld
Server:     8.8.8.8
Address:    8.8.8.8#53

** server can't find _ARKSRV._tcp.domain.tld: NXDOMAIN

I'm wondering if I need to create even an A record to make it work or what.

Fez Vrasta
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your zone records:

_ARKSRV._tcp.join.domain.tld.   SRV domain.tld.
_ARKSRV._udp.join.domain.tld.   SRV domain.tld.

do not match your lookup:

~$ nslookup -q=SRV _ARKSRV._tcp.domain.tld

Your SRV record also appears to have an incorrect syntax. Part of the reason to use an SRV record is so that you can specify port. Reference link

Rick Buford
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  • sorry actually it was a typo in the question (about the nslookup). I have used plesk to configure the record and I have specified a port there, so I think the record is correctly created – Fez Vrasta Jun 29 '15 at 09:32
  • might be able to help more with the actual domain record – Rick Buford Jun 29 '15 at 19:50