hyslopc opened a new issue, #1897:
URL: https://github.com/apache/plc4x/issues/1897

   ### What happened?
   
   We use an OPC UA server ia a WAN connection which is not present in our DNS, 
which we connect to via IP address.  We had no problems connecting to this PLC 
using eg v0.12.0 however with v0.13.0 the connection is rejected, since the 
endpoints advertised on the server itself use the hostname instead of the IP 
address.  This is easily addressed by adding configuration parameter 
endpoint-host=<hostname> so now the URL (**URL 1**) looks like this:
   ```
   opcua:tcp://10.3.1.13:4840?endpoint-host=ahostname
   ```
   - however that leads to a new problem: v0.13.0 tries to connect to the 
server using ahostname instead of using the IP address 10.3.1.13.  This makes 
no sense: if we wanted to connect via hostname, we would use a much simpler URL 
(**URL 2**):
   ```
   opcua:tcp://ahostname:4840
   ```
   Thankfully, the code falls back to connecting via IP address, however it 
takes quite a bit of extra time, and a lot of errors and warnings are generated 
in the log.  IMHO this is illogical: there is already a very simple way to 
connect to OPC UA servers via hostname (via **URL 2**).  The only reason for 
the endpoint-host parameter that I am aware of is where the endpoint hostname 
and the connection address differ, with the point being to use the connection 
address to connect.
   
   It should be possible to connect to an OPC UA server via IP address without 
any attempts to connect via hostname, ergo the format 
opcua:tcp://<ip>?endpoint-host=<hostname> used by **URL 1** above should 
connect via IP address and not via hostname.
   
   ### Version
   
   v0.13.0
   
   ### Programming Languages
   
   - [X] plc4j
   - [ ] plc4go
   - [ ] plc4c
   - [ ] plc4net
   
   ### Protocols
   
   - [ ] AB-Ethernet
   - [ ] ADS /AMS
   - [ ] BACnet/IP
   - [ ] CANopen
   - [ ] DeltaV
   - [ ] DF1
   - [ ] EtherNet/IP
   - [ ] Firmata
   - [ ] KNXnet/IP
   - [ ] Modbus
   - [X] OPC-UA
   - [ ] S7


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