i wondered what no-ip was, so, i tried to find out no-ip appears to turn a dynamically assigned ip into a virtual static ip by your system informing no-ip about ip changes, and you may need a new router to use no-ip, no-ip was introduced in 1999 by Vitalwerks & No-IP is one of the leading dynamic DNS provider for both paid and free customers. no-ip doesn't only offer DNS they also provide email, network monitoring and SSL certificates. pop3 inbound email & outbound SMTP mail, backup mail, filtering and mail redirection. lets see if i can set no-ip up on my *nix box, i will update this when i find out more BTW: all input welcomed from anyone
there are other free services which do the same, such as dyndns.com clients that i found in the ubuntu repositories (dyndns & no-ip), I'm using one of the dyndns clients on a debian box at my work (cant remember which one atm, and its turned off so i cant ssh in to check my list of changes / installed packages) ddclient - Update dynamic IP address at DynDNS.com ez-ipupdate - client for most dynamic DNS services ipcheck - Dyndns.org client to register your dynamic IP address no-ip - A second-generation Linux client for dynamic DNS service
yeah, i know. i actually signed up to dyndns.com, but tbh i don't know why, i'm still unsure what they do, in my mind so far, i am thinking, that no-ip, dnydns, etc,etc may provide a dns to whoever requests one, but, like i said, i'm unsure, i've tried to find out what no-ip & dyndns & others do, but i am blinded by their science @Impy: please help me to understand who, what, where, when & how sites like dyndns do things and work[ot]i'm trying to understand, but, i feel as if i'm thick as usual[/ot]
ok, no problem As you most likely know your IP address changes every so often (this does not happen to everyone, but unless you have a specific deal with your ISP they can change your IP whenever they want). To run any sort server you have to know where it is to use it (what its IP address is). even if you buy a domain name (ie mycomputer.net) it will only point to the IP address that you supply to whoever you registered it with so if your ISP changes your IP address then the domain name will not point to your computer. What services like no-ip or dyndns do is give you a sub-domain (ie mycomputer.dyndns.org) and keeps the IP address in the dns up to date so that it always points to your computer/gateway. They can only do this if a program on your computer (or gateway) connects to one of there servers every so often (and says i am mycomputer.dyndns.com), quite a few gateways support one or more of these services but unfortunately sometimes they only support ones you have to pay for, however, there a software clients for windows & linux for most (if not all) of these services so if your gateway doesn't do it you can just install a client on your computer (or flash custom firmware onto your router, such as openWRT)
presumably, thats why my BB connection is sometimes down or slow, correct ? cos i using the firmware it came with[ot]sh1t, i've got a lot of reading to do on wiki[/ot]Edit: thank you very much Impy
