Re: [edlug] dynamic dns, domain names, and other shenanigans

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Hi if you decide to go with a dynamin dns provider I can highly recomend
http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com. I am using their dns services for 5 domains at
the moment and for that they only charge $4.95.
http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/price/dns.html.


> michael calwell <michael.calwell@xxx.xxx.xxx> writes:
>
>> I have a dynamic dns account - and I have just registered a domain name
>> (.co.uk).
>>
>> I wish to marry them (or find a better way) - but what is the best
>> approach? The options seem to be ...
>>
>> a: wait until the minimum 60 days expire, and move over to the custom
>> DNS service provided by the dynamic dns service provider (currently
>> dyndns.org) for $24 per annum, which would maintain the dns entry and
>> allow my ip to roam.
>
> 60 days?
>
> This seems like the easiest option, assuming you're happy with your ISP
> (and don't want a static IP address anyway).
>
>> b: move my ISP to one that offers a static, and then register that -
>> (but with whom and how?)
>
> This is the best option, especially if you're using ADSL.  Can I
> recommend Zen?  They will give you a /29 and fix your reverse DNS if you
> ask them.
>
> You need to find someone to host your forward DNS, for which I recommend
> zoneedit.com (their website can be a bit slow though).
>
>> c: just use the free forwarding supplied with the domain name
>> registrar.. but a bit crude.
>
> This is probably the worst option, as it restricts you to web-forwarding
> (things like email get a bit clunky).
>
>
> I went with option (c), using Zen and ZoneEdit, and it works
> wonderfully.  I host my own email, webserver and Jabber server (anyone
> else use Jabber?) along with the obligatory SSH and very useful IMAP and
> NNTP.
>
> IMO, a static IP is one of the best things one can get from one's ISP --
> it makes life as a net-connected geek a lot more fun :-).  If you can
> get rDNS sorted out then you can pretty much do anything (without it set
> at all, some people won't talk to you.  If you've got your ISP's rDNS
> then for some things you have to use that name (e.g. some email servers
> will score down mail when the rDNS doesn't match the connect string and
> some Jabber servers won't talk if your rDNS domain doesn't match the
> domain you're talking as)).
>
> OK,
> --
> Andrew Aylett | www.aylett.co.uk | 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight...
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>

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