How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Colin Walker — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:55 GMT

I'm in the same position as you David - hosting my own site at cost. I used to be with Demon Internet and had a static IP but changed to a combined Sky package to save money.

I'm using DynDns.org and haven't had any problems yet. The updates are pretty quick and the client can be set to mail you when an update has been completed - U can keep an eye on it remotely then.

I'm considering adding one of their mail services as well as Sky's IPs are in Spamhaus's PBL so some domains refuse your mails if you're running your own server - the only way round it is to remove each IP you are assigned from the PBL.

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Ben Cheetham — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:46:22 GMT

I did use EasyDNS for a number of years, but changed to Nettica.com a few months ago as it worked out cheaper because of the quantity of domains I have.

Ben

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Chris Naylor — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:12:08 GMT

I agree with the Draytek post using it's builtin DYNDNS settings to update no-ip for DYNDNS use without the need for software being installed on a server/workstation. My only comment about all this is the email PTR records.

We used DYNDNS at all our clients until recently when a lot of mail servers refused connection stateing that there was no PTR record attached to the dynamic ip address the Exchange Server was using.

Softhosts are an option but the 4MB limit is a problem to some clients so now we recommend paying the £300 GBP per year for a fixed IP.

Chris

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

David Overton — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:46:25 GMT

I am almost ashamed to say that it is my virgin home broadband - XL size - and yes, I do get 20mb.

thanks

David

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Michael Sivers — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:43:40 GMT

20mbs in the UK? What ISP do you use? ADSL or SDSL? £40pm? More details please?!

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

David Overton — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:04 GMT

Ahh, I see my financials needs to also be explained.

At the moment I make £0 (or for my US colleagues $0) from this site, so running it is a cost. I also need a huge download capability to enable me to pull down betas from the US without it taking hours and finally I need an uncapped service.

I don't need static IP or No-NAT ... and my dynamic IP with 20mbs, unlimited network etc for les than £40 per month is very nice. Of course, if you know of something similar with fixed IPs, let me know.

ttfn

David - and yes, it is a non-business service, but this is not a business .. yet!!

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Steve Wright — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:51:59 GMT

Hi Dave, we either use www.no-ip.com or www.dyndns.com if we find a new client has a dynamic IP. As Richard pointed out a lot of routers support updating www.no-ip.com automatically (no software on your systems reqd.)

Obviously the best route would be to swap to an ISP that provides a static IP or maybe multiple statics if you have a need for no-nat connections.

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Mike Gibbs — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:31:23 GMT

I don't see a great deal of point messing around with dyndns these days. Most (decent) ISP's these days will give you a block of 8 IPs and low cost routers that can handle VLAN like the Draytek range are plentiful. If you want to stick with dyndns take a look at Gradwell.

re: How UKSBSGUY.com and DavidOverton.com use Dynamic DNS and why it broke the site … anyone have a better provider?

Richard Tubb — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:10:40 GMT

Hi Dave - I've used www.no-ip.com at a number of sites with Dynamic IP addresses for many years without issue. As well as the fact most Routers support their Dynamic DNS service directly, they offer a small executable that runs on just about any O/S if you need it.