Alternative to DynDNS

[Durbs]

$20 a year, phew! No wonder you're looking for a cheaper option.

May not be much but look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. etc.

[Sysman]

DynDNS is still free as long as you poke it once a month, isn't it?

Yes but they no longer offer the easy names like pondilfe.homeip.net for free.

I created one late last year and when I didn't use it for a month they did indeed delete it.

P.S. Some poor soul was probably still getting hits from Google on my old homeip.net address for several years, but probably didn't realise it. There was an Xbox on there until a month or two ago. It's gone now

[Pondlife]

Dunno, I let my old hostname lapse and it was removed and their site steers me towards the $20/year option to create one. May be one of those where the free hostname is still there but they hide it assuming you'll follow the purchase route and not read around too much. Will take another look but reason I didn't look closely is I remember seeing Blog posts a while back saying they'd halted the freebies.

Quite a few previously openly free services seem to do that now.

Just checked for you. If you create a new account you can keep 1 host name for free if you try their paid service trial for free fo 14 days.

Edit: If you can remember your old username you can keep two free hosts.

[Platypus]

$20 a year, phew! No wonder you're looking for a cheaper option.

[Durbs]

DynDNS is still free as long as you poke it once a month, isn't it?

Dunno, I let my old hostname lapse and it was removed and their site steers me towards the $20/year option to create one. May be one of those where the free hostname is still there but they hide it assuming you'll follow the purchase route and not read around too much. Will take another look but reason I didn't look closely is I remember seeing Blog posts a while back saying they'd halted the freebies.

Quite a few previously openly free services seem to do that now.

[Pondlife]

Cheers, just had a thought and checked my BT Homehub router's dynamic DNS section and it says "The services supported by your BT Home Hub are DynDNS, NoIP and DtDNS" so might try that NoIP thats been mentioned.

DynDNS is still free as long as you poke it once a month, isn't it?

[Durbs]

Cheers, just had a thought and checked my BT Homehub router's dynamic DNS section and it says "The services supported by your BT Home Hub are DynDNS, NoIP and DtDNS" so might try that NoIP thats been mentioned.

[Alias]

also found this list from a quick google:

http://www.easydns.com
FreeDNS - Free DNS - Dynamic DNS - Static DNS subdomain and domain hosting
No-IP - Dynamic DNS, Static DNS for Your Dynamic IP
TZO.COM - Dynamic DNS Services for your Dynamic or Static IP Address
Advanced DNS Management - Easy, web-based domain manager - ZoneEdit.com
Enhanced Dynamic DNS Solutions
Domain Registrar - regfish GmbH
DNS-O-Matic | Distribute dynamic IP changes to multiple services (dnsomatic.com)
Zerigo | Cloud VPS Hosting | Server Monitoring | Managed DNS Hosting
Nettica.com | Global DNS Service, Domain Registration and Email Services
Hébergement et Solutions Internet - OVH

probably better to go with a recommendation from someone on here tho

[Sysman]

there is:

no-ip.com

don't use it myself but I think its pretty similar

Prepare yourself to get regular offers of upgrades to paid services.

Perhaps I missed a checkbox, but I'm still getting stuff from them even though I ended up using another approach.

[Alias]

there is:

no-ip.com

don't use it myself but I think its pretty similar

[Durbs]

What is anyone using for home dynamic DNS these days, I used to use dyn.com but its no longer free so anyone know a reliable free (or cheap) alternative?

Sure I saw a post on this in the past but no joy finding it.