Open DNS question

[blastman]

Hi guys,

I wonder if there is solution to my issue.

I have an apple time capsule (really an vm ubuntu 12 server running on a windows box) that i can use internally at home using either the host name or ip.

I can also use the time capsule when I'm out and about as I have a xxx.dyndns.org account and I have port forwarded the afp on my router to the ubuntu server.

Sadly however, my mac sees this as two different devices due to the two different methods of connection, ie, xxx.dyndns.org and the hostname/ip.

My question is how can i merge both of them together into one host name?

I'd like to use "Time_Capsule" both internal and externally so I'm thinking some sort of dns entry. But if i change my host file to reflect this ie, add an entry "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Time_Capsule" then when I'm out it'll fail as the ip will be wrong.

If I try to use the xxx.dyndns.org from within my home network, it fails as it's pointing back to it's self.

What I'm after is an external dns service that i can add host names and aliases to. (i think)

Does such a service exist?

thanks in advance,

 

[blastman]

I wonder if this might be accomplished by installing a dns server inside my home network??

I could tell it that any requests sent to the xxx.dyndns.org domain get forwarded to the internal ip of the ubuntu server?

The external side works already so I@ll look in to that me thinks..

 

[morfmedia]

Edit didn't read properly, ignore....