Index: RunActivity/MultiPlayer/ClientComm.cs
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--- RunActivity/MultiPlayer/ClientComm.cs	(revision 3240)
+++ RunActivity/MultiPlayer/ClientComm.cs	(working copy)
@@ -48,8 +48,16 @@
 		{
 			client = new TcpClient();
 
-			IPEndPoint serverEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(serverIP), serverPort);
+            IPAddress address;
 
+            if (!IPAddress.TryParse(serverIP, out address))
+            {
+                address = Dns.GetHostEntry(serverIP)
+                     .AddressList
+                     .First(ip => ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork);
+            }
+			IPEndPoint serverEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(address, serverPort);
+
 			client.Connect(serverEndPoint);
 			string[] tmp = s.Split(' ');
 			UserName = tmp[0];
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@
 			decoder = new Decoder();
 
 			listenThread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(this.Receive));
-            listenThread.Name = "Multiplayer Client-Server";
+			listenThread.Name = "Multiplayer Client-Server";
 			listenThread.Start(client);
 
 		}