Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

Hi,

I've been a DynDNS customer for about 4-5years now. I recently got an email saying they were going to stop their free service.

Does anyone know of and could recommend a free service like DynDNS. My domain is registered with 123-reg and I've got my web server running behind my virgin media connection.

Many thanks

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

No-ip

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

Having looked at no-ip they free subscription reckons that Hostnames Expire Every 30 Days

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

https://www.cloudns.net/

I switched to their free service when Dyn took over editdns and subsequently scrapped it

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

The hostname only expires if you don't actually use it once every 30 days.

If there's no activity on the host then you get sent an email with a link you have to say you are still using the host.

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

Thanks guys,
I've decided to go with no-ip.com

Really nice and simple to setup.
I've now found a new home :-)

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

Not sure if this trick still works but you used to be able to get a free dyndns account by signing up for the dlinkddns service that dlink provided for customers. Behind the scene dyndns run the servers for that service. Had the added bonus that you could use the same details to login to dyndns so worked on routers that only supported dyndns natively.

If this still works, hopefully useful info for anyone else needing something similar.

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

This one I think is worth a look too, found a while back but not had a chance to try it out yet https://entrydns.net

Re: Alternative free service like DynDNS
 

https://duckdns.org/ works for me .. free and you can use your Google login if you want