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How to redirect/remap subdomain to IP + port (not DNS!)

I have a subdomain and I want to point it to a Teamspeak server.
I don't want to do this with a DNS entry.

My possibilities (if any of them can do what I want):
- .htaccess
- PHP redirect
- HTML redirect
- Plesk admin panel

Issue:
The target is Teamspeak, a URL usually looks like this:
ts3server://1.2.3.4?port=123456
For this I use a TSDNS service from the Teamspaek service provider, I can access the server alternativley via
1234.some.domain.com

Questions:
- I want to use the domain ts.mydomain.com to connect to our teamspeak server
- How can I get this working please without changing a DNS entry?
- when using .htaccess, where do I have to places this file? (currently no -htaccess is used, the server runs with Plesk though)

Robert Saylor

Simplest method create the index.php or index.html file for the sub domain and use a meta refresh tag.

However, a CNAME DNS entry would be the cleanest approach.

Smoerble

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CNAME is not possbile for me (small hoster and he's not reachable the next days ;)).

I am looking for working HTML or PHP codes, because it seems to me, that the ones I am trying are somehow buggy.

Example HTML:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=1234.some.domain.com">

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I assume, this doesn't work, as the TS client (software) is not redirected when accessing HTML code. Not sure about this though.

Example: PHP:

<?php
header('Location: 1234.some.domain.com');
?>

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Gives error 500 in a browser (works as designed I think) but not working with TS client software.

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