[aklug] Re: dynamic dns

DynDNS is free if you use there domain, and is pretty expensive if you want
to youse your own domain. I do not know who your service provider is, but it
is usually only 10 bucks a month for one static IP address.

Richard

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:09 PM, barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Quoting Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us>:
>
> > I was talking to a friend about some of the cool stuff I thought I could
> > do if I had a static IP address at home. He mentioned that it would
> > probably be rather expensive, and that I should consider Dynamic DNS
> > instead.
> > I hadn't really heard of dynamic DNS (although I use DNS in my home
> > LAN), but I looked into it and it seemed like a workable option. My
> > router software has Dynamic DNS capabilities, and there seemed to be
> > some sites on the Internet that provided the service for free.
> >
> > But I thought I'd check with you guys and see if you had any tips,
> > suggestions, warnings, or such-like that might help me out as I look
> > into this more.
> >
> >
>
> Chris,
>
> This is a workable solution. Many people use it. The only problem =20
> that seems to occur is that you'd have to use their domain, but there =20
> are ways around that.
>
> It really depends what your planning on doing.
>
> Mike B.
>
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