[GLLUG] Networking question

Richard Houser rick at divinesymphony.net
Sun Dec 11 21:03:40 EST 2011


I use then on domains I own, and ODS happens to charge $20 a year for
up to five private domains.  Other services are in roughly the same
ballpark, but I hit a few duds with regard to uptime and support
before I found ODS.  It works just like a traditional static DNS host.
 You just need to point your registrar to your DNS provider's DNS
servers.

It it's just for you, and you really, really want to go on the cheap,
you could just setup your DDNS tool or a script to email you the new
IP.  I used to do that before I found a DNS host I was happy with.

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Karl Schuttler
<karl.schuttler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since you say you have a router that supports dynamic dns, but don't
> understand how it fits in to your problem scenario, i think you dont
> understand how dynamic dns works or what it does.
>
> Typically, you set up an account with a dynamic dns provider, who
> issues you a domain (ala karl.dyndns.org) and download or configure
> (on your router) a dynamic dns client. As your IP changes, the client
> will phone home to the dynamic dns provider and tell the provider what
> your new IP address is, and the provider will update their dns record
> for your domain (karl.dyndns.org).
>
> I've never messed with domain registrars and getting a dynamic dns
> provider to update a purchased domain, rather than their own
> subdomains (e.g., they will update karl.dyndns.org, but I don't know
> about getting them to update karlrules.com). As it seems this isn't a
> critical website that needs to be super-professional, you might just
> have your purchased domain (e.g. karl.com) forward to the dynamic dns
> domain (karl.dyndns.org).
>
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
>> Just use a dymamic dns provider.  Personally, I use ods.
>>
>> On Dec 11, 2011 7:35 PM, "Taylor Burke" <tburke1192 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Alright, I've got an interesting scenario for you guys. Since I'm not
>>> that good at networking fundamentals, I figured I'd ask people who
>>> are.
>>>
>>> I've got a domain name and a server at home running Arch Linux that I
>>> want to be able to SSH into from {work,school,etc}. At home I have a
>>> router that has support for dynamic DNS and I'm aware of No-IP and
>>> DynDNS, but I'm trying to figure out how that's gonna fit into my
>>> situation. The issue is, my ISP charges $15 for static IPs and I
>>> really can't justify that right now, and I believe it was a monthly
>>> fee. So, do you guys have any clever workarounds I could try? Lemme
>>> know if anything needs clarification.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Taylor
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