# Plex Client and DDNS **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936 "2020-05-24T15:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markster2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Markster2020](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Markster2020)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/1 "2020-05-24T15:41:04Z")
I would be a great feature to add for Plex Players on all platforms to have ability to specify Plex Server (Manual method) as URL vs IP address. For people that use DDNS it would be a great feature. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/2 "2020-05-24T15:42:51Z")
> **[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... “Custom server access URLs” ---
**Author:** ![Markster2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Markster2020](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Markster2020)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/3 "2020-05-24T21:51:44Z")
You did not read my post correctly. I am asking about manually configuring PMS on Plex client (Player). Currently you can only specify IP and Port but not URL. Ex. Open your iOS Player and select Settings/Advanced/Server Connections. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/4 "2020-05-25T06:12:00Z")
If you configure this correctly on the server, it gets posted on plex.tv, from where all your devices (and those of your sharees) will fetch it automatically. ---
**Author:** ![Markster2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Markster2020](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Markster2020)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/5 "2020-05-25T18:07:33Z")
Yes. That works but as you mentioned it goes through Plex.tv. If we have a way to specify DDNS URL in Plex player it would be direct connection. If for whatever reason plex.tv can relay then we don’t have a remote connection. It would be a nice to have option. Mark ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/6 "2020-05-25T18:10:16Z")
> [@Markster2020](#): > > That works but as you mentioned it goes through Plex.tv. No it doesn’t. All that is loaded from Plex.tv is the web app into the browser memory. From then on, it works identically to the local web app. The flow of data is the same. It is an _app,_ not a website. ---
**Author:** ![Markster2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Markster2020](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Markster2020)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/7 "2020-05-25T18:12:25Z")
Thanks. I understand ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-client-and-ddns/594936/8 "2020-08-23T18:12:25Z")
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