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Dynamic DNS

The FrostByte dynamic DNS service allows you to run a web site directly from your own PC rather than using a web hosting service. There are many reasons you may want to do things this way:

  • You want more features than free web space provided by ISP´s offers
  • You want to run server side scripting applications (Cold Fusion, ASP, Perl, PHP etc) without paying your ISP the premium to host them.
  • You are developing a web site and want direct access to the web server (your PC) while developing the site.
  • You have back end data that you don't want to trust to a web hosting company.
  • You want to be able to access your home or office PC while you are away from your PC.
  • You wish to host your own mail server on your PC.

If you are lucky enough to have a fixed IP address you don´t need dynamic DNS, you can just subscribe to our DIY DNS service and create an A record for your domain pointing to your fixed IP address. However you are unlikely to have a fixed IP address from your ISP unless you are paying a premium for your account to provide such services. Instead your ISP proably uses dynamic IP addresses, that is you are allocated a different IP address whenever your PC connects to the Internet.

If you have access to edit the DNS settings of your domain name you could log in and edit the A record for your domain each time your PC is started up, however there is an easier way to do this without the hassle of having to manually intervene each time your PC starts up. If you subscribe to our DIY DNS service there are shareware programs available that work with it to automatically update the A record for your domain name each time your PC is restarted (i.e. each time your ISP gives you a different IP address !).

In short,this is what you need to get started with dynamic DNS:

  • A PC connected with an Internet connection.
  • Web Server Software such as Apache or Microsoft Personal Web Server or IIS.
  • A Domain Name, if you don't have one you can register one here.
  • A DIY DNS account, if you don´t already have an account you can signup here.
  • Dynamic DNS updater software downloadable here as shareware, DirectUpdate or DynSite

Please note that we will provide you with the DIY DNS/Dynamic DNS service, we offer suggestions and links to related software and resources for your convenience but please understand that support for setting up and maintaining these should be sought from the relevant suppliers.

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