I'm looking for a new DNS forwarding service, that forwards a domain to my PC at home so I can RDC and stuff like that to it while away.

I've already got a domain, and I have been using Deerfield's DNS2Go service, but realize that there may be equally good services for less than what they are charging me, which is $20 per year. I know there are some free services like dyndns.org, who let you use one of their own domains. Using your own domain with their service costs $25 per year.

Are there any other places out there that can offer me a service for cheaper than $20, or am I getting a pretty good deal already with Deerfield's service?

Thanks

6/9/2007 4:49:49 PM

Zoneedit.com can be used with a dynamic DNS client and your own domain name.

6/9/2007 4:54:56 PM

joe, i'm actually using a cname on my domain with dyndns free service. i've got a client running on my home PC that checks in w/ dyndns regularly, and it works great. i didn't need to use a dyndns.org address for that, either.

6/9/2007 9:18:50 PM

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"i'm actually using a cname on my domain with dyndns free service"

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6/9/2007 9:42:05 PM

Quote :

"joe, i'm actually using a cname on my domain with dyndns free service. i've got a client running on my home PC that checks in w/ dyndns regularly, and it works great. i didn't need to use a dyndns.org address for that, either."

I'd be really interested in learning how you set this up. I'm not real familiar with a lot of this DNS stuff, and have been trying to read up on what cname's are...

Does the free dyndns service allow you to set a cname to point to your whatever.dyndns.org, and then run a local update client on your PC to keep that up? (my router firmware, dd-wrt, lets me update with dyndns.org automatically). Or does the cname have to be set somewhere else?

6/10/2007 12:09:27 AM

no-ip works fine for me

6/10/2007 12:16:12 AM

^no-ip ftw

I've been using no-ip for a couple years now and never had any problems at all. Just install the program as a system service and you never even know it's there.

6/10/2007 3:41:32 AM

^,^^ 3rd the motion

6/10/2007 5:33:53 AM

I have used this for over 4 years and never had a issue.

http://freedns.afraid.org/

6/10/2007 8:25:42 AM

joe, if i remember correctly, i did the following:

1. got an address set up w/ dyndns (xxxxxx.dyndns.org)
2. created a cname w/ my domain host (remote.mydomain.com), and point it to my dyndns.org address
3. wait a few minutes, profit

Not every hosting service will let you create a cname for yourself, unfortunately. But if yours does, then the cname can basically point anywhere that you want it to go. As long as you keep your dyndns address up-to-date, then it just works.

6/10/2007 9:54:36 AM

cjb.net
dyndns
no-ip.org

6/10/2007 10:17:45 AM

if your registrar won't let you create a cname, point your DNS records to everydns.net and create an account there. easiest dns hosting service to use if you don't know anything about dns. otherwise, i'd use zoneedit.

6/10/2007 11:07:57 AM