Dynamic DNS

[MatthewL]

I have a requirement for a Dynamic DNS client to put on some PC's for the purposes of some firewall rules.

 

Currently I have been using NO-IP which has a limit of 3 which has done me, it gives me a domain.ddns.net, every 30 days I just confirm that I still want to use it as such.

 

I need to expand and need more so will have to pay for something, just wondered if anyone else is using any others? I can get 2 years and up to 25 host names for £36 which is £1.50 a month.

 

I have my own domain but would like to create a sub domain of dns.mydomain.co.uk so the end ones would be user.dns.mydomain.co.uk

 

Any thoughts on this, I have no option as clients are on none static IP's externally.

 

Cheers

[Steve21]

Who’s your domain with? A lot of them have api built in for updating it with a quick script (client depending etc) that could just be scheduled

 

Especially if it’s all going to be a subdomain of the one main domain would probably work out cheaper to migrate that domain to a register that does api even if yours doesn’t

 

Just a thought

 

Steve

[MatthewL]

My domains are with 123 Reg.

 

It's individual client computers that will run the client and update that way. No I cannot put a VPN on them for that is needed before anyone asks!

[Cw2k]

If you use cloud flare for your dns you can make use of their api to simulate ddns with a task schedule that calls the api to update the IP address.

 

Just create a free account, add your domain, then point your 123reg name server settings to cloudflare

[Davit2005]

Without getting into the whys etc. Have you also considered NAT if the local addresses are private i.e. RFC 1918 . Would a reservation help instead of a static IP address, I use reservations all the time at home for IoT stuff, etc. so I can specify the addresses in the firewall for outgoing traffic and traffic that needs to talk to internal servers.

 

I did have a DynDNS paid for account some time back.

Edited October 28, 2021 by Davit2005

[andy_b]

Just looked.. seemingly I have been a No-IP customer for 15 years....

 

Used with my own domain, never had any problems.

 

PS TRICK30 will give you 30% off for a "new service", not sure if it'll be valid for this?

Edited October 28, 2021 by andy_b

[Jcx500]

Cloudns is fairly priced and supports ddns. They provide a script what updates your ip if it is ever changed

[derf]

Have you looked at duckdns.org ? I've found it to be excellent and it's free.

[MatthewL]

Just looked.. seemingly I have been a No-IP customer for 15 years....

 

Used with my own domain, never had any problems.

 

PS TRICK30 will give you 30% off for a "new service", not sure if it'll be valid for this?

 

Do you use a .uk or .uk.com with yours? I have an existing domain I have a sub domain of that I wish to use with this but struggling. I have a ticket open with them.

[andy_b]

Do you use a .uk or .uk.com with yours? I have an existing domain I have a sub domain of that I wish to use with this but struggling. I have a ticket open with them.

 

It's a .co.uk domain.

 

I have one wildcard setup and multiple sub-domains - they are the Authoritative for the domain though.