[SOLVED] domain and dynamic IP

bartmasz · n00b Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 11

Hi!

My provider offers only dynamic IP. I have registered a domain on no-ip.org server and my box is runnig a program that refreshes it every x minutes.

I wanted to have more "professional" domain name, but using xname.org and eu.org I faced one problem. Among other settings on xname.org they want me to give IP adres in section (A) - my is changing every several hours

Is it possible to register normal domain with dynamic IP ?

Best regards,
Bartek

nobspangle · Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject:

There are two ways.
First way is to use a dynamic IP service like dyndns as your name server. They will let you dynamically update your IP in the same way you do now. The other way is to cname the dns entries for your domain to your dynamic no-ip domain name.

daemonflower · Apprentice Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 290

The dynamic IP service worked quite well for me. What I did was open an account and register a hostname on www.dyndns.org, install dclient (downloadable somewhere from dyndns.org, I don't know, maybe it's in portage too), configured and was done.
What could be viewed as a drawback is that dynamic DNS only works with the set of domains your provider offers.

bartmasz · n00b Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 11

I already have this service. I just wonder if I could register domain like bartmasz.com having only dynamic IP.

Bartek

lysander · n00b Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 15

no-ip.com does it but it isn't free its called no-ip plus.

dyndns.org does it. Custom dns also not free.

zone-edit.com does it for free.

mooseboy · n00b Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 26

if you've bought a domain, you can make it dynamic using a DNS hosting service such as http://freedns.afraid.org/

bartmasz · n00b Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 11

Hi!

I have chosen www.zoneedit.com and provided the registrar (www.eu.org) with the name and IP of nameservers. After submiting form a get:

nobspangle · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject:

I sounds like your registrar requires you to have the DNS servers set up and running before it will transfer the authority to them. Have you set the domain up on zoneedit?