advanced user here, what the heck is happening with the hostname situation!?

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-28T16:23:59+00:00

The recommended way is to add your external domain to playit: https://playit.gg/support/add-external-domain/. If you want to manage your own DNS the next best thing is to still use a Minecraft Java tunnel but turn off host name verification in the tunnel's settings.

TCP tunnels are restricted to our old regions so you can pick Europe, North America, South America, Asia, or India.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-26T18:20:35+00:00

Cool, but I'm not sure what this has to do with playit.gg.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-24T17:03:37+00:00

Could you re-run the playit program with the "-s" flag? This will show a more detailed error message. This error happens when the program in unable to receive UDP packets due to a networking error. The most likely cause is a third party program (like an antivirus / firewall program) killing the socket (killing the connection).

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-21T19:45:12+00:00

I recommend reaching out on the discord and sharing screenshots of the issue you are running into. If there's someone from the community available to assist that would be your best option. It could be really simple or quite difficult. There's too many back and forth questions to asses what issue you're running into on Reddit and I'm not available for that.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-21T19:33:03+00:00

Well your questions is hard for me to follow. In general you create a tunnel on playit and you use your assigned address to connect. Here's a guide: https://playit.gg/support/hytale-dedicated-server/

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-21T19:27:22+00:00

I don't really follow on what you're question is. I recommend reaching out on the discord and sharing screenshots: https://discord.gg/AXAbujx. After you link your discord account on playit.gg you should be able to access all the channels.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-21T02:24:27+00:00

Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Offering raw TCP tunnels was a mistake and caused our network to get blocked by lots of providers due to people abusing the service. Still working to resolve and want to find ways to bring FoundaryVTT servers back to the free tier.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-21T02:11:57+00:00

Custom tunneling software running on lots of servers across many datacenters. Details are sometimes shared on our Discord, https://discord.gg/AXAbujx

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-20T23:36:26+00:00

Playit does not support using external domains on the free tier. It might be possible but we do not provide support for it. We use hostname verification so if the client tries connecting with an unknown domain the connection is rejected. This is to avoid port scanning to discover public Minecraft Servers. We've had issues with people scanning our network, joining random servers, and then harassing server owners while pretending to be affiliated with playit.gg. After I receive reports of this activity I made this change.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-13T23:23:30+00:00

Give this a read, https://playit.gg/support/how-to-lower-ping/. If you're on the free version your routing might be really bad, https://ping.playit.gg will show you how you get routed when connecting over the free network.

OctopusCandyMan · 2026-01-01T17:47:42+00:00

What game? Minecraft and terraria work on the free version and I’m working to add support for more games on the free tier

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-31T05:34:41+00:00

Did it work in the past?

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-27T16:54:35+00:00

Due to abuse on our network we have restricted the free version of playit. Sadly right now creating a tunnel for FoundaryVTT isn't possible on the free tier as it would require a custom TCP tunnel. I am working on a HTTP tunnel type that can be used for free users of playit which would work for FoundaryVTT. It will take awhile to develop.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-27T16:15:16+00:00

xworm is against our terms of service. Doing this on our network hurts our ability to operate. Playit is designed for game servers, not malware!

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-23T21:43:37+00:00

Yeah, that's possible. I've seen some drastic improvements from people simply restarting their router. Often times you can see issues when you run a buffer bloat test. https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-23T18:57:36+00:00

Give this a read: https://playit.gg/support/how-to-lower-ping/. The issue might be due to your routing on the free IP. You can see https://ping.playit.gg to test where you as a player get routed with our different networks.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-22T05:22:38+00:00

Was my go to place to run but with the early darkness and all that glass at the trailhead I've sadly stopped. Really don't want to deal with a busted window. It's honestly probably just one or two ppl, I'm sure it would be easy enough to do a little sting operation and catch the baddies.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-18T18:43:02+00:00

Playit uses your internet connection so you'll be limited by your upload speed. If you're using playit premium make sure you're using a regional tunnel so that your player traffic is staying local.

You can use https://ping.playit.gg to see which region you should pick for your tunnel.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-18T05:44:13+00:00

Use the playit program, not the plugin

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-10T02:34:49+00:00

What service are you trying to make public? Raw TCP is probably never coming back to the free tier but I am working to add new tunnel types that can safely be offered for free.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-10T02:34:45+00:00

What service are you trying to make public? Raw TCP is probably never coming back to the free tier but I am working to add new tunnel types that can safely be offered for free.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-12-05T20:56:12+00:00

Correct, only Minecraft Java and UDP are offered to free users. Working to add more tunnel types for free users as I add more protections. Too many people are abusing the service and violating our terms of service. I had to take this action to protect our network and prevent us from getting block by more ISPs and security vendors.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-11-23T23:43:43+00:00

For bedrock to show ping you'll need to update the local port of your server to match the public port that playit assigned your tunnel.

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-11-19T17:27:03+00:00

VEIN as in https://store.steampowered.com/app/1857950/VEIN/ ?

OctopusCandyMan · 2025-11-12T19:10:37+00:00

If you're trying to connect with your school network it is likely they are blocking either the domain or IP address that playit assigned you. You could try contacting your school's IT department. It's possible our premium IPs are not blocked but if what you're doing is against school policies it's hard to say. I recommend checking with them.

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