Personal DDNS (like dyndns) server

trumee · Guru Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 551 Location: London,UK

Hi all,
I have a remote server which renews its ip address everyday due to ISP adsl policy. I have set up a dyndns account for that machine, but sometimes it takes quite some time for the dyndns to update.

Is it possible to setup a personal dynamic dns server rather than relying on dyndns? What will be needed to do something like that?

Cheers

msalerno · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:39 am Post subject:

If you query the dyndns DNS servers directly does it show the new ip? It's probably a DNS cache issue. If you manage a web server just setup an hourly cron job on the server with a custom query string. It's hackey, but easier than setting up a DNS server, allowing updates and securing it.

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

trumee · Guru Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 551 Location: London,UK

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

Then I would disable the buggy client, and run ddclient on the server.

msalerno · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:16 pm Post subject:

Have you queried the DNS servers directly? It's the easiest test and will confirm if its a cache issue rather than a ddns client issue.

Anarcho · Advocate Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 2970 Location: Germany

To hijack this thread, neverthless, even if it is working here, is there an easy way to implement a personal DDNS Service? I have all my domains running using bind so I have full control over the DNS servers.
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boerKrelis · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject:

Some ideas on a dead simple private/personal dynamic DNS service here. Scroll down the page for code. It's a bit different from what dyndns offers.