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I used to pay for a subscription, but I canceled it because I was using it for two hosts only. They are now offering a subscription for 20 dollars, which I thi

by lakwn 12y ago

I used to pay for a subscription, but I canceled it because I was using it for two hosts only. They are now offering a subscription for 20 dollars, which I think is very expensive considering the two hosts I need. Oh, well. Time to move on.

Bootvis 12y ago
I'm very happy with FreeDNS[1]. It just works (never had a problem) and they have nice domains. [1]: https://freedns.afraid.org/ https://freedns.afraid.org/
- htk 12y ago
  Nice tip. If anyone here is using DD-WRT, take a look at these instructions before trying to set up your freedns subdomain (needs a token instead of login/password): extracted from http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DDNS_-_How_to_setup_Custom_DDNS_settings_using_embedded_inadyn_-_HOWTO http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DDNS_-_How_to_setup_Cus... Go to http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/ http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/ and login with your normal username and password for the freedns service. Click "Direct URL" on the domain you would like to be set to your WAN IP address. Copy everything from the right of the ? in the address bar. Router Settings: DDNS Service: freedns.afraid.org User Name: USERNAME Password: PASSWORD Host Name: yourdomain.com,What_You_Copied_Before Force Update Interval 10 (Note: Since afraid.org doesn't require a username and password when doing a "wget-style" update, you can also just do the following to keep from exposing your username and password: User Name: guest Password: guest)
- nowlnowl 12y ago
  I am also a happy user. *.moooo.com is priceless
- mzs 12y ago
  Thanks for the recommendation, I use no-ip ( http://freedns.no-ip.com/ http://freedns.no-ip.com/ ) did not know about FreeDNS back when I set it up when dyndns got annoying, but no-ip has been fine.
- zackboe 12y ago
  Afraid.org works by allowing users to mark their domains as 1) public, allowing anyone to attach a subdomain to it at will, 2) private, allowing anyone to request a subdomain, and 3) Stealth, a premium feature allowing you to hide your domains from the registry altogether. I've been happily using it for years, and Josh is very responsive if you have problems or questions.
josteink 12y ago
I recently moved to dnsdynamic.com. Mostly because 1. it's free and 2. it was one of the listed providers supported by my OpenWRT router[1]. While I'm not against paying for services per se, I didn't really feel like one simple host was worth shelling out $20 for on an annual, perpetual basis. [1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client
yebyen 12y ago
I have been a happy, non-paying customer of ZoneEdit.com for years. I am looking for current information on their free offering and coming up empty, but if the pricing page is complete, your two zones would cost you $12/year each there. I think that the offering when I signed up was two free zones. Now it looks like you can get one for free, unless I'm just grandfathered in.

by lakwn 12y ago

Bootvis 12y ago

I'm very happy with FreeDNS[1]. It just works (never had a problem) and they have nice domains. [1]: https://freedns.afraid.org/ https://freedns.afraid.org/

htk 12y ago
Nice tip. If anyone here is using DD-WRT, take a look at these instructions before trying to set up your freedns subdomain (needs a token instead of login/password): extracted from http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DDNS_-_How_to_setup_Custom_DDNS_settings_using_embedded_inadyn_-_HOWTO http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DDNS_-_How_to_setup_Cus... Go to http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/ http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/ and login with your normal username and password for the freedns service. Click "Direct URL" on the domain you would like to be set to your WAN IP address. Copy everything from the right of the ? in the address bar. Router Settings: DDNS Service: freedns.afraid.org User Name: USERNAME Password: PASSWORD Host Name: yourdomain.com,What_You_Copied_Before Force Update Interval 10 (Note: Since afraid.org doesn't require a username and password when doing a "wget-style" update, you can also just do the following to keep from exposing your username and password: User Name: guest Password: guest)
nowlnowl 12y ago
I am also a happy user. *.moooo.com is priceless
mzs 12y ago
Thanks for the recommendation, I use no-ip ( http://freedns.no-ip.com/ http://freedns.no-ip.com/ ) did not know about FreeDNS back when I set it up when dyndns got annoying, but no-ip has been fine.
zackboe 12y ago
Afraid.org works by allowing users to mark their domains as 1) public, allowing anyone to attach a subdomain to it at will, 2) private, allowing anyone to request a subdomain, and 3) Stealth, a premium feature allowing you to hide your domains from the registry altogether. I've been happily using it for years, and Josh is very responsive if you have problems or questions.

josteink 12y ago

I recently moved to dnsdynamic.com. Mostly because 1. it's free and 2. it was one of the listed providers supported by my OpenWRT router[1]. While I'm not against paying for services per se, I didn't really feel like one simple host was worth shelling out $20 for on an annual, perpetual basis. [1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/ddns.client

yebyen 12y ago

I have been a happy, non-paying customer of ZoneEdit.com for years. I am looking for current information on their free offering and coming up empty, but if the pricing page is complete, your two zones would cost you $12/year each there. I think that the offering when I signed up was two free zones. Now it looks like you can get one for free, unless I'm just grandfathered in.