dynamic dns issue

[eric1]

Hi,

I currently have cable service that provides an ip via dhcp. Recently i registered a domain name with verisign and was hoping to setup a website of sorts. Anyway, i was curious if anyone had run across this issue and how they solved the matter. I've looked at several places, like dyndns, but i'm still a little stumped on the matter. Could someone suggest a good service for dns that might fit the bill?

Thanks,

Eric

[red_over_blue]

You need to go through an DNS hosting service. Another user named posterboy uses DNS2GO.com but I am not familiar with them.

I too have an dynamic IP, so I know the frustration. I just haven't bothered to go through a DNS hosting service since I really don't need to host my own page for the whole world to see.

[bwkaz]

You've already got a domain with VeriSign, right?

So you can use dyndns.org's "Custom DNS" solution. This makes the nameserver for your domain be dyndns.org's nameserver(s), and then whenever your IP changes, the client program updates their nameservers' entries for your domain.

Using their custom DNS requires a one-time fee of $30.

http://www.dyndns.org/mydyndns/custom/

If you want dynamic DNS for free (although $30 one-time isn't a lot, and there are NO recurring fees for the Custom DNS), you can get dyndns' basic service, where you get a hostname on a domain that they already own. You don't want (or need) the VeriSign domain then, so I'd get rid of it if I went that direction.

[eric1]

Thanks for your responses. I think i'll try the $30 solution from dyndns.
It's not like i absolutely have to have a website up and running, but i think it will be a good learning experience fooling around with apache and html.


Thanks again,

Eric

[bwkaz]

If you just want to fool around with Apache and HTML, you can use your computer's current IP address in a browser, rather than a domain name. Your ISP probably also assigned you a domain name that automatically updates when your DHCP lease changes. -- it'll be long and ugly, but it'll work.

If you want a Web presence, though, dyndns may be a better idea.