What is the best free DDNS service?
 

Hi folks,

Well, I thought LQ was a reasonable place to post this....

I have a Linux-based DVR for my security camera system. I would like to register a DDNS name so I can monitor remotely.

A simple internet search yielded tons of services. Some required a subscription, but it seems some are "free" for basic use. Some of the "free" ones are:

dnydynamic.org
changeip.com
no-ip.com
afraid.org
zonomi.com
zoneedit.com
cjb.net
dnsmadeeasy.com
dtdns.com
dhis.org
oray.com
dynup.net
.
.
.

I'm feeling so overwhelmed reading their web sites and trying to understand what is really offered, what features I should care about, etc.

I definitely want a reputable service, and I only need it for my DVR. I am not hosting multiple domain names, not running a small group of servers, not starting a company....

Any insight would be much appreciated.....

When I self-hosted my website, I used no-ip.com for about five years, first the free service, then, after I registered my domain, the paid service.

I was very happy with them in both circumstances.

I no longer use them because my website is now on a hosting service; the blog database outgrew my home server.

How'zit Rhimbo?

I've been using no-ip.org for a few months now. Their client is easy to use, their interface is very straight forward. I use it for ownCloud and another sub-domain for remote access (Support) for the bosses laptop (dynamic IP's).

I've not had any drama's with it at all.

Another no-ip user here.

Open Source client. That's good!

Thanks for replies -- now learning a lot about DDNS
 

Hello folks,

Thanks to all of you for the replies. It seems no-ip.com gets a resounding thumbs up from all of you!

It's amazing how ignorant I feel each time I delve into a new topic. I was trying to configure my security camera DVR and encountered many issues with the DDNS server configuration, my Linksys WRT54GS router configuration and the interplay between them.

I am now looking at OpenWRT. It seems that the standard Linksys firmware only allows enabling DDNS if I use DynDNS.com or TZO.com (I guess TZO has been bought by Dyn). So I have to flash OpenWRT so I can enable DDNS to point to one of the free DDNS services such as no-ip.com.....

One thing led to another and before I knew it I was up until the wee hours of the morning watching YouTube videos on router security....
:-)

Ah, I feel so ignorant...!!

Take care when installing custom firmware for a router. You could, for example, discover that the router has no room enough for the firmware AND the additional software you want to use.

I also used "no-ip.com" for a few years
no issues with it ,but it has been a few years .
At that time i was able to set up 3 domains using 3 v-hosts in Apache
well if you are not doing "router security" or "network security" all the time , them most of us fall into the same boat

Some home and commercial modem/routers type devices may have some pre-installed software to follow the IP address change.

Thanks for replies...
 

Thanks, everyone....