<div dir="ltr">I found a different dyndns provider. They seem to have a simple api, as documented on their faqs page:<br><br><a href="http://duckdns.org/faqs.jsp">http://duckdns.org/faqs.jsp</a><br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra">Justin<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 8:24 AM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks. I'll give them a look.<br>
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Dustin Strickland<br>
<<a href="mailto:dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com" target="_blank">dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> James, I use noip. They have a Linux client that's fairly easy to<br>
> install(though the init script needs a little modding on Debian<br>
> distros). They'll allow up to 3 free (sub)domains with no need for a<br>
> manual login. Just set up the noip client and you're good to go.<br>
><br>
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:42:43 -0400<br>
> James Sumners <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I've been using <a href="http://dyndns.org" target="_blank">dyndns.org</a> since at least 2001. In that time, they<br>
>> have dropped the free domains from 5, to 4, and finally 2. Earlier<br>
>> this year they pushed the free accounts into having to _manually_ log<br>
>> in to the <a href="http://dyndns.org" target="_blank">dyndns.org</a> website at least once every 30 days or the<br>
>> account will be deleted.<br>
>><br>
>> If my ISP wouldn't randomly change my home IP, I'd be dropping<br>
>> <a href="http://dyndns.org" target="_blank">dyndns.org</a>. As it is, I'm in the market for an alternative (if I ever<br>
>> get the time to do the research).<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:30 PM, leam hall <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com" target="_blank">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > John,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > If I understand correctly, it is about $10-15/yr for name<br>
>> > registration. Then you pay for DNS services. Not sure if OpenDNS<br>
>> > could help here.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > FWIW I've been a DynDNS customer for a while.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Leam<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:24 PM, John Heim <<a href="mailto:john@johnheim.net" target="_blank">john@johnheim.net</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I want to get a dynamic dns account for my vanity domain,<br>
>> >> <a href="http://johnheim.com" target="_blank">johnheim.com</a>. I see that dyndns has a debian package so I went<br>
>> >> there and created an account. When I started putting things in my<br>
>> >> shopping cart, I saw that transfering the domain was like ten or<br>
>> >> twelve bucks. But it wants to charge me something like $35 for<br>
>> >> "standard DNS". Do I need that? I'm getting a total of around $45<br>
>> >> for one year. Everywhere else I look, it's $10 to $15 *total*.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The shopping cart options at <a href="http://dyndns.com" target="_blank">dyndns.com</a> for DNS are something like<br>
>> >> "standard DNS", managed DNS (which is way more), and "I want to<br>
>> >> run my own DNS server." I don't want to pay $35 for DNS nor do I<br>
>> >> want to run my own DNS server. Is the shopping cart just<br>
>> >> misleading or do I really need that standard DNS service?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I know that I could just use a different company but I'm blind<br>
>> >> <a href="http://anddyndns.com" target="_blank">anddyndns.com</a> works well with a screen reader. Better than<br>
>> >> namecheap, godaddy, or namesecure.<br>
>> >><br>
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