dyndns free service going down

[hal9000a]

i was using them for free HOSTNAME forwarding to my home IP

do you know any good free option out there

[Mr-Protocol]

Yeah, can't say I didn't see it coming a mile away. Oh well.

[GuardMoony]

No-ip is optional. But you need to use it regularly or it expires.

[Mr-Protocol]

You can have your router auto login and update. Or use their computer client.

[GuardMoony]

yes you can do that. But they check how many times the dns names gets a lookup. and it thats to low, you get a mail to see if you still want it active. If you don't click the link keep active the dns will be removed the next month it checks.

So its a pretty good system but not if you only use the dns a few times a year.

[Mr-Protocol]

Not sure on that usage one. If it works like DynDNS then it's just account activity. Time will tell, I picked up a no-ip one.

[misfitsman805]

yes you can do that. But they check how many times the dns names gets a lookup. and it thats to low, you get a mail to see if you still want it active. If you don't click the link keep active the dns will be removed the next month it checks.

So its a pretty good system but not if you only use the dns a few times a year.

DynDns was the exact same way for the free accounts. You would recieve an email about 5 days before the end of the month asking if you would like to keep your hostnames active for the next month. So not really any different from No-IP, except No-IP allows 5 hostnames on the free accounts instead of DynDns' 2 hostnames for a free account. :D

[THCMinister]

I have used no-ip for some time and have had no issues. DD-WRT has the login info to update it on a regular basis.