DynDNS Free no more

elrasho · 15 Apr 2014 at 17:22

The Free version of DnyDNS will be ending in a few weeks, anyone recommend an alternative?

gman1981 · 15 Apr 2014 at 17:29

no-ip.info is what I use.

jameshurrell · 16 Apr 2014 at 04:39

Yes, I've just moved to http://www.noip.com/

Skynet5 · 16 Apr 2014 at 06:41

Me too! Meant to do it a while ago ever since dyndns started nagging about confirming I still want my free account, and why don't I upgrade..

bledd · 16 Apr 2014 at 08:24

I wouldn't mind paying a small yearly fee to any of these companies for a 1 ip dns. But the only paid options they have cost way more than I want to spend.

£1 per year for a single entry would be perfect

neodude · 16 Apr 2014 at 16:46

I use freedns.afraid.org.

No complaints.

markwombat · 16 Apr 2014 at 21:59

I have a script on my Raspberry Pi which checks my global IP and if it's changed (checks a local log file) it emails me my new IP.

elrasho · 17 Apr 2014 at 00:42

jameshurrell said:
Yes, I've just moved to http://www.noip.com/

Thanks works a treat! However how does it update the IP address? Do you need to logon to their website from a computer on the LAN every now and then?

EDIT: Can add it to my Draytek 2820n Dynamic DNS settings page

mrk · 17 Apr 2014 at 11:00

I just bought the dyndns service with the discount they gave. Worked out at £15 for the year. Maybe I should have just updated the firmware to a custom one on my WNDR3700 which had more services instead of only dyndns though - Ah well. I'll be on a new router by the time this expires anyway.

matthab · 17 Apr 2014 at 12:00

elrasho said:
Thanks works a treat! However how does it update the IP address? Do you need to logon to their website from a computer on the LAN every now and then?

EDIT: Can add it to my Draytek 2820n Dynamic DNS settings page

I use the client on my server which updates the records.

SkeeterUK · 17 Apr 2014 at 18:27

Is opendns still good if not whats the best dns service thats free to use instead of your isp in my case virgins?

KIA · 17 Apr 2014 at 20:01

SkeeterUK said:
Is opendns still good if not whats the best dns service thats free to use instead of your isp in my case virgins?

Dynamic DNS is a little different.

http://support.easydns.com/tutorials/DynamicDNS/different.php
http://support.easydns.com/tutorials/DynamicDNS/glossary.php#resolution

Danny091 · 17 Apr 2014 at 20:29

Switched to No-IP and installed the auto updater on my server, the sky router seems to only support DYNDNS.

Craig321 · 17 Apr 2014 at 20:33

neodude said:
I use freedns.afraid.org.

No complaints.

This.

GeX · 17 Apr 2014 at 23:15

http://lifehacker.com/the-best-free-alternatives-to-dyndns-1561556205

Uhtred · 20 Apr 2014 at 11:50

I paid up because lazy. Wish I'd done a bit more research and gone with freedns.afraid.org, both my Router and NAS support it.

zoomee · 20 Apr 2014 at 11:58

been with dyndns for decades and was very dissapointed they took this route. Got a no-ip account setup - they got another thing comin if they think i'm gunna pay more than a fiver a year for something as small as a dynamic dns address.

jameshurrell · 30 Apr 2014 at 13:19

Just had this from noip.com:

Free Dynamic DNS hosts must be confirmed every 30 days by logging into your No-IP account and clicking update.
If you are still using blahblahblah and do not wish to have it removed from our system, please click the link below to confirm your hostname:

Didn't see any mention of that when signing up.... (might have not looked very carefully I suppose).... And when you click the confirmation link there is one of those infuriating recaptcha things to input.

Now looking for another provider....

KIA · 30 Apr 2014 at 13:58

^ Not a big deal.

deadite66 · 30 Apr 2014 at 17:25

Glad i kept the email when browsing on my phone, i thought it was the same as dyndns where you just click the link to confirm.
Only when i opened the email on my desktop client i noticed the captcha.