[ale] Dyndns redux

Justin Goldberg justgold79 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 13:35:44 EST 2014


I found a different dyndns provider. They seem to have a simple api, as
documented on their faqs page:

http://duckdns.org/faqs.jsp

Justin

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