DynDNS

[unixman]

They know how to charge, don't they? My two .co.uk names up for renewal. This year they want $60 each for hosting (the keeping of your DNS record on their servers), whereas it was $35 last year, and that was an increase IIRC. Well the worm has turned. After much research I am off to dtdns. Dyn can keep the registration service as its still competitive at $20/year.

TBH Dyn performance is good, but their pricing structure is labyrinthine and subject to constant fragmentation and huge increases. You buy what you thought was a simple service, and a year later it has turned into 7 different "products", each with a mysterious new name and its own handsome price tag.

Swap day might be painful but it will be worth it. Sorry for the rant.

[unixman]

Oh and I would just like to thank the DynDNS web engine for accidentally setting half of my "products" to "auto renew" at some point, seemingly of its own accord. I am sure that was just an oversight.

[Contreras]

I've used them since they were dyndns.org and 'free', for dynamic DNS as well as static DNS. Over the years the free services have been gradually withdrawn/limited/replaced with fee-based structures. Agree about the pricing creep, never had a complaint about the service or support though. I've kept them for registration but now host the DNS on my own servers.

[stek]

What irks me is the cumbersome web gui - I have to click everything to find what I need then I get a shed load of emails urging me to pay and subscribe to the things I'd looked that I don't have (or even want).

I might ditch them and roll my own on my colo box.....

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

I can happily recommend an old client of mine...dnsimple.com

I actually use Linode (I have a VPS) to manage my own DNS. I use the free ASUS dynamic DNS services with my router with a CNAME record setup on my normal domain pointing at it.

[unixman]

...I've kept them for registration but now host the DNS on my own servers.

Interesting. How did you do that? Make your own sever a bind server containing just your records? I like the sound of that. Pray enlarge.

[vwdan]

I use afraid.org for the bits I need (mostly just the public aspects of my lab environment)

[stek]

Interesting. How did you do that? Make your own sever a bind server containing just your records? I like the sound of that. Pray enlarge.

The bit I don't get is how (in my case) can I replicate dynamically mapping my local ip at home where I have the odd server running. DnDNS have a client for it that's always running and actively remaps it.

[Platypus]

Look at DuckDNS

[DimPrawn]