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Dynamic DNS - The Good, The Bad and The Cheap?

Posted by Cliff on from the living-without-a-static-ip dept.

flyman asks: "I recently was 'downsized' from a company, and have had to really cut back on expenses. One of those cut-backs was to cancel my business class DSL with static IPs. I have since signed up for standard Cable Internet, which only has dynamic IPs. I know there are several DDNS providers out there, but which ones are good? Easy to use? Free or cheap? I still want to host some dev sites from home, if possible. Any advice would be appreciated."

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  1. dyndns.org by mind21_98 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would try dyndns.org. Your first five hostnames are free. :)

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    1. Re:dyndns.org by mattboston · · Score: 4, Informative

      this is probably the best. and you can also do static IP, backup mail, mail relaying(for those using Comcast Cable, they will relay for you), and a bunch of other services. they also have lots of free DynDNS client programs to automatically update your IP, and a great developer area for those interested in developing DynDNS applications

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    2. Re:dyndns.org by Curtman · · Score: 4, Informative

      Absolutely. I've been using dyndns forever it seems. They also have a great service called webhop that lets you redirect from a dyndns hostname or one of your own if you've registered one, to those ugly isp provided webstorage addresses like http://members.myisp.com/~someuser/, so you can access that page from http://someuser.mine.nu or whatever domain you choose.

      Summary, DynDNS rocks. Reward them with your business if you ever get the opportunity. They deserve it. (And no I don't work for them ;)

  2. DynDNS.org by Guspaz · · Score: 4, Informative

    Go with DynDNS.org. Most popular, and best supported among various clients. LinkSys routers even come with support to update DynDNS.org right in the official firmware.

    They have a variety of domains you can choose from; I chose ath.cx simply because it's very short.

  3. I like no-ip.com by phammann · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just recently got ddns service from http://www.no-ip.com/. They've got a number of different levels of service starting with free. They appear to be a stable company with a good business model. They've got Linux, Windows, and Mac clients for download. I run FreeBSD which has a port of their linux client in /usr/ports/dns/noip.