[GLLUG] Networking question

[Charles Ulrich]

Hi Taylor,

Who's your domain name registrar? Some of them come with free DNS
hosting and this can include dynamic DNS. I use namecheap.com and they
have a simple API for doing dynamic DNS updates. (I don't bother with
it though, because my IP never changes unless my router's been offline
for a length of time.)

Charles

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
> 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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