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  Chopel on 09/04/2014 - 06:58

  Any recommendation for free DNS?

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    retiredfeline on 09/04/2014 - 07:10

    Here are some reviews:

    http://www.gnutomorrow.com/best-free-dynamic-dns-services-in…

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    zfa on 09/04/2014 - 07:19

    If you own your own domain then I recommend Cloudflare, which has an ip update client (or you just use their api directly).

    If you need them to give you the domain name then I recommend noip.com.

    Both free and both been excellent for a number of years.

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    OzBragain on 09/04/2014 - 07:44

    I signed up to www.noip.com a few days ago. First time using DDNS so can't offer a comparison but it does the job (mainly to access to my cameras).

    Got an email the following day with a $5 discount for their enhanced service bringing it to $15/year.

    Need to log in to their site once a month to keep the free account active.

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      Siuto on 09/04/2014 - 11:43

      "Need to log in to their site once a month to keep the free account active."

      On their FAQs it states:

      “Free hostnames are deleted after 30 days of inactivity. Inactivity is defined as when a host has not been updated or 'touched' via the web interface or a dynamic update client.”

      If changing the IP through the dynamic update client is counted as an update then hopefully changing the IP through the router (if your router supports noip) is considered the same. In that case, just let the router do the work which should keep the account active.

      In the past year or so, DynDNS didn’t consider changing the IP through the router as an update so I had to click on their reminder email every 30 days.

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        tyrotex on 09/04/2014 - 11:58

        Updates from your router/computer don't satisfy the 30 day timeout.
        However, no-ip do make it easy by sending an email a few days before the end of each period which contains a link to confirm that you still want it.
        If you (understandably) don't trust clicking links in emails, then, yes, you will need to login to their site.
        Other free alternatives don't have the 30-day requirement. See the link provided by @greenpossum above.

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  c64 on 09/04/2014 - 07:32

  there are lots of other free services available. i'm going to lose one domain which i used for mail from chinese sites. all it ever received was spam, so it's not a big loss.

  If you own your own domain then I recommend Cloudflare, which has an ip update client (or you just use their api directly).

  namecheap (and probably others) offer a similar free service if you have your own domain, which seems the most sensible way for me if you are doing anything more complicated that updating a single host ip address.

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    zfa on 09/04/2014 - 10:23

    Namecheap have had their fair share of DNS outages over the last few years, although admittedly the recent one (month or so back) only affected free users and not those who also had domains regstered with them.

    Still, for my money, I would always use a dedicated DNS host for my DNS, just as I use a dedicated email provider for email, a dedicated web host for website etc. Sure, your domain registrar normally does these things and will throw them in for free but they're not experts and their solution probably isn't going to be as good or robust as those who specialise in these things.

    Case in point would be the recent Heartbleed security issue which has shown that HTTPS traffic has been vulnerable (passwords, data, private keys) for 2 years now - Cloudflare were given notice prior to the security announcement as they're a big player in this field. If you used them for SSL then you're already safe and have been fixed up before the bug got out into the wild (every script-kiddie and his dog will now be hammering sites for info). The same can't be said for all the standard domain registrars out there who will now (hopefully) be scrambling to fix the issue should you use them and be affected.

    That all being said, if you do just want to use the free DNS hosting that comes with your domain registration, Namecheap is a sound choice. They're not too bad (outages aside).

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  itbargainhunter on 09/04/2014 - 12:34

  Moved to no-ip after using Dyndns for more than 15 years.
  Luckily all of my hardwares also supports it.

  Monthly login is annoying but I have been doing it with Dyndns already so little has changed.

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    Siuto on 09/04/2014 - 15:39

    I wonder how many people are moving to no-ip because of this. I wasn’t aware of no-ip until I did a search on the providers which Netgear routers support (as I have one). I think routers these days should have more options as to which provider you can choose.

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      bamzero on 09/04/2014 - 17:02

      Some routers have a custom option, which allows you to use the API that some of the ddns providers offer. Unfortunately not enough routers do though..

      Of the few routers I've seen over the past couple of days, some only had 2 choices, Dyn and TZO which is now owned by Dyn. At least if you've got no-ip you've got a free option (for now) despite the 30 day login requirement.

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  jimmej on 09/04/2014 - 13:19

  I don't understand how it can cost so much for a dynamic DNS listing. I also have to keep reactivating my no-ip.org address. Annoying but free. Seems to not be every 30 days though. I have a suspicion that if I restart my modem the 30 days resets. I think ISP's should do this for free, although I guess they don't want you hosting servers.

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    retiredfeline on 09/04/2014 - 16:25

    I have a suspicion that if I restart my modem the 30 days resets

    No it doesn't reset the no-ip counter, it's a form of nagware. I wrote a robot script to login for me once a week at a slightly randomised time. I had one for dyndns too but it's no use now.