On 28 August 2010 23:16, Mike Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I've used dyndns for hosting my home server for a while now, but I've > finally bitting the bullet and gotten my own real domain with crazy > domains now (was dirt cheap) the problem is that I'm not sure I know > how to get it to work with my home connection and the dynamic IP i'm > using at the moment. > > the two choices are obviously DYNDNS and no-ip in this situation, but > I'm wondering if there's a way around this? > > I think I might be able to use ddclient on my server and have it > somehow point to my crazy domains page and make sure it updates it > with the right IP, but i'm not sure it it'll actually be able to do it > right http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/ - I know the program > does work with a dyndns account but has anyone used something like > that to keep updating generic domain names with dynamic home IPs? > Anyway i've installed it on my Linux server that's running apache but > I'm not sure if i can configure it for this situation. >
You can use a cname for your domain (foo.com) and point that to the dyndns / dynamic dns record using ddclient. > Any other suggestions? Well first tell us what you are hosting etc. and then we can make a better suggestion / comment. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
