# ISP Load Balacing / DNS
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/isp-load-balacing-dns/613689
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows, networking
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/isp-load-balacing-dns/613689 "2020-07-14T19:37:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@NL5](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NL5)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/isp-load-balacing-dns/613689/1 "2020-07-14T19:37:23Z")
I saw some previous threads about load balancing, but I did not see a definitive answer.
I have 2 highspeed internet connections and am putting in a load balancing router. I want to balance/failover the plex connection if possible. It is my understanding that for this to work, I might even need to setup an AZURE instance to handle routing (not sure what capabilities the router I ordered will have). Either way, the only way to accomplish this, as best I can tell, would be to tell plex that the public IP is a DNS name and not an IP address. Is there a way to do this? can I hardcode that Public address somehow and use a DNS name - if I cant put a name in there, I might still need to hardcode the public address to one of my IP’s so plex could work. Has anyone gone down this road sucessfully ?
To be clear, I understand that load balancing will not share ISP on a single connection , I have a 300mb and a gigabit internet connection, speed is not the issue really. The issue is more failover for plex if possible or at the very least keeping plex working outside my network when I put the load balancer in place.
Any input is greatly appreciated!
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### Author:  [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/isp-load-balacing-dns/613689/2 "2020-07-14T19:46:16Z")
If I understand correctly what you’re asking, what you’re looking for is:
Settings -\> Network -\> Custom server access URLs
It allows you to specify one or more URLs published to Plex to be used for remote access.
There’s more information here:
> **[Network | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200430283-network/)**
>
> These are network-related settings for your Plex Media Server. You can access these under Settings \> Server \> Network in...
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### Author:  [@NL5](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NL5)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/isp-load-balacing-dns/613689/3 "2020-07-14T21:32:42Z")
ah, thank you - that may actually do what I need.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/isp-load-balacing-dns/613689/4 "2020-10-12T21:33:27Z")
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