Is this possible?

[ITechnologyman]

Im creating a multi-country network soon and I want to know if it is possible to do this:

AU Player:
adds domain to the server list
Sees the ping to the AU servers

US Player:
Adds the same domain to the server list
Sees the ping to US servers

I want this to be done on one domain and then they can choose what part of the server they want to go to (AU or US) so that it always displays the best ping on the multiplayer servers list

 

[Buzzzzy]

I'm not too experienced with domains but I'm fairly certain you buy access to the suffix, i.e the .com or the .net, and you can have whatever prefix you want, i.e play. or na. etc. I think you can have the same IP but players might need to add a prefix based on their region which you would have to support.

 

[ITechnologyman]

I'm not too experienced with domains but I'm fairly certain you buy access to the suffix, i.e the .com or the .net, and you can have whatever prefix you want, i.e play. or na. etc. I think you can have the same IP but players might need to add a prefix based on their region which you would have to support.

Thats exactly what I don't want. I want no prefix the same domain connects to the same server but displays ping according to region.

 

[ITechnologyman]

Yes you can do this, very easy . Have sub domains for each server. For example: AU.(Domain).com EU.(Domain).com . Have the AU subdomain point to your AU servers then have the EU domain point to your EU servers.

Yeah like I said above, thats what I dont want. I dont want to use a subdomain, I want just the domain but it forwards ping depending on a users geolocation.

 

[Kieraaaan]

Im creating a multi-country network soon and I want to know if it is possible to do this:

AU Player:
adds domain to the server list
Sees the ping to the AU servers

US Player:
Adds the same domain to the server list
Sees the ping to US servers

I want this to be done on one domain and then they can choose what part of the server they want to go to (AU or US) so that it always displays the best ping on the multiplayer servers list

If you mean seeing ping on the Multiplayer Server's main screen then I don't think it's possible unless you make a plugin which changes the MOTD or something which shows their ping to X server. But through the MC connection bars (http://prntscr.com/kquo94) I think it's not possible.
You could, alternatively, make it so when someones mouse hovers over the player count it shows a popup with their ping as well.

 

[MTG]

anything is possible


nevermind this is impossible

 

[UElitez]

You would need geolocation based DNS for this, so that the player will be given a specific IP when resolving the domain depending on where they are located. I believe Amazon offers this via their Route 53 service, however I have never tested it myself: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/routing-policy.html

 

[sodex234]

I mean, you could route to the server by having a reverse proxy in front of the actual minecraft server. Running some middle scripts there or something that uses the incoming IP. It would be possible.
However - this has one fatal flaw. Reverse proxying through one server would remove the point of separate geo-located servers.
Your best bet would just be to use prefixes on the domain.