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title: How to Quickly Find and Join Your Left 4 Dead Server
description: Learn how to find and join your Nodecraft dedicated Left 4 Dead server.
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/l4d/how-to-quickly-find-and-join-your-left-4-dead-server"
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published: "2020-09-10T17:17:42.710Z"
updated: "2020-09-27T19:04:00.000Z"
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# How to Quickly Find and Join Your Left 4 Dead Server

Learn how to find and join your Nodecraft dedicated Left 4 Dead server.

This article will show you how you can easily join your Left 4 Dead dedicated server.

Step one should be to make sure your server is started and online!
![The Nodecraft Control Panel's Start and Stop button. It also shows the status of the server's online state.](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/k3kVjQRpTzaKYhypDdwQ_Server%20Start.png)

## Locate the IP address or hostname of Your Server

Find the Hostname of your server at the top of your Instance page on your Nodecraft Control Panel.
![The top of the Nodepanel's Instance Page showing the hostname of the server](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/6gwYTDhbQgmZ2EZ8S6bX_l4d%20Instance%20page.png)

You can also use the numerical IP address of your Nodecraft Server near the bottom of the Overview page on the left hand side of your Panel.
![The Nodecraft Control Panel's Overview tab showing the Dedicated IP Address](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/rupa6WIMQ1irR6P5y9VR_Nodepanel%20Overview.png)

## Enable the Developer Console

In order to connect to your server from your Left 4 Dead client, make sure that the Developer Console is enabled. In your Left 4 Dead client, you can do so by going to the Options menu, then Keyboard/Mouse settings.
![The Options menu for the Left 4 Dead client](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/GNz8YLgTxKDJPuzMYC6w_l4d1-options.png)
![Enabling the Developer Console for Left 4 Dead clients in the Keyboard/Mouse settings](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/i9x7mPDFT2WQEliQneH7_l4d%20enable%20dev%20console.png)

## Connect to your Server

To connect to your server, open the Developer Console in your game client using the tilde key `~` on your keyboard (typically found directly beneath the `esc` key). Then, use the `connect` command to enter your server, like so: `connect server-address`. In the example shown in the screenshots below, the command was: `connect nodecraft-server-l4d.nodecraft.games`. You will then be connected to your Left 4 Dead server!
![Using the connect command to connect to a Left 4 Dead server](https://s3-assets.nodecraft.com/attachments/9WIoZEyFRtOrIS4G42I6_l4d-devconsole.png)