On 7/18/2012 3:00 PM, John W. Foster wrote: > I am seeking assistance from someone who has a bit of actual experience > in this arena. Any volunteers??
There are hundreds of dyndns providers. Pick one that works with your hardware. You're currently approaching this issue backwards. Do you have your own domain? You didn't say. I've had my vanity domain since 2002 and started with static IP DSL service. I moved in '05 and could only get dynamic IP DSL service. I obtained an account with TZO as my SMC SOHO router supported TZO. I used their DDNS service until 2009. I've since moved again and switched to static IP service, but I've kept my TZO account and simply use their static DNS config. Sure I could get cheaper static DNS hosting, but TZO has worked so well, and is cheap enough, that I stick with it. At some point I may be back on dynamic IP service, and all I'll have to do it click a couple buttons in the TZO control panel to switch over again. In 7 years I've had zero problems with their service. It costs me $0.16 USD per day--16 cents a day. It's been worth every penny. Most consumer routers sold today have inbuilt support for TZO. TZO requires that you have your own domain, easily obtained for $5/year. You must configure your domain at your registrar control panel, telling it the names of the TZO name servers, and configure the router to use TZO. That's it. Very simple. And you don't have to worry about potential problems with your free dyndns provider, who can at any moment shut down the service with no prior warning, or start selling your traffic information to third parties, go commercial and start charging a fee, etc. The service is completely run by a single human, Joshua Anderson. What if he gets hit by a bus tomorrow? My advice? Go with an inexpensive commercial dyndns provider. There's TZO, the "Pro" or whatever they call it version of dyndns.org, and others. The most important thing, again, is to pick one that's supported by your router. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5007ad88.7000...@hardwarefreak.com
