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Hosting a Domain in a Dynamic IP Environment

Cup blog (coffee shop) by Brandon on 22 June 2007, tagged as internetnetworking

When I switched to DSL from cable, my IP address began changing almost daily (as opposed to maybe once a month). This is quite annoying as I have to go in and update any and all domains I've registered which point to websites served from my home Mac - log-on to the domain provider, select each domain and individually update the DNS to my recently assigned IP address - only to repeat again the next day. I looked into obtaining a static IP address from my ISP, and it appears such would require a different sort of service - one which costs a good deal more ($25 for AT&T's normal Pro plan, $55 for AT&T's Pro S plan with 5 static IP addresses).

My quest, then, is to find a way to avoid the pain of constantly updating my domains while simultaneously avoiding the exorbitant ISP costs. Ideas?

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dyndns.org by markmcb :: NR7

DynDNS has a great deal of services that cost per year what you're quoting per month. Of note is the ability to have your server "call back" to dyndns when your IP changes. It automatically updates your DNS info and your users should never know the difference. Most of what they offer is also available in a free flavor, though you'll likely not be able to tie it do yourdomain.com, but rather yoursubdomain.dyndns.org.

Posted 22 June 2007, Hide, Reply
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Similar situation... by Anonymous :: NR0

I've had no problem getting DynDNS to update my IP address regularly for me, but I have had problems finding a service to forward requests for my domain to a non-80 port. My ISP blocks port 80 so I have my Apache instance listening on 8870; however, I can't seem to get an IP address to point to port 8870.... any ideas?

Thanks,

s<dot>anarchy @ gmail<dot>com

Posted 14 November 2007, Hide, Reply