user12774: I am wondering why cgminer is not accepting dns instead of IP addresses
I need to allow a server by it's dns...is it possible?

user12944: cgminer accepts domain names for me, It's all I have used, never have I used an IP. I would check and make sure your URI is correct if DNS is working for you in your web browser and such.
Here is an example of a URI for stratum
stratum+tcp://[serveraddress/domain]:[port]
The cgminer command would be:
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://[serveraddress/domain]:[port] -u [username] -p [password]
If you want to test it on another pool, try this command below and try mining a couple shares on Eligius, there's no registration, just use your btc address as username and "x" for password
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u YourBitcoinAddress -p x
Maybe you could copy and paste some of the error messages you were getting to help further diagnose this?

12774: <p>I am wondering why cgminer is not accepting dns instead of IP addresses</p>

<p>I need to allow a server by it's dns...is it possible?</p>
 12944: <p>cgminer accepts domain names for me, It's all I have used, never have I used an IP. I would check and make sure your URI is correct if DNS is working for you in your web browser and such.</p>

<p>Here is an example of a URI for stratum
stratum+tcp://[serveraddress/domain]:[port]</p>

<p>The cgminer command would be:
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://[serveraddress/domain]:[port] -u [username] -p [password]</p>

<p>If you want to test it on another pool, try this command below and try mining a couple shares on Eligius, there's no registration, just use your btc address as username and "x" for password
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mining.eligius.st:3334 -u YourBitcoinAddress -p x</p>

<p>Maybe you could copy and paste some of the error messages you were getting to help further diagnose this?</p>
