Re: [ossig] hosting server

[Vincent Lee <leehongfay@yahoo.com>]

On the other hand, has anyone in this mailing list
tried "canonical" mapping their own domain name say...
mydomain.com to the anything.dyndns.org before?

this might make the speed a bit slower, but if speed
is not crucial, worth a try?


 --- Mukhsein Johari <mukhsein@email.com> wrote: > > 
> > Try Dynamic DNS. You don't need a fixed ip for
> that though i think you 
> > have to pay a monthly subscription.
> > 
> > check it out www.dyndns.org
> > 
> 
> No, this is a totally free service. 
> 
> The charged ones are only for custom DNS - if you
> have your own domain name (myabc.com, mycoolapp.org
> etc). And this is only a one time fee of US$30 per
> domain. You can then assign as many hosts to this
> domain as you like.
> 
> eg.
> 
> www.myabc.com
> mail.myabc.com
> ftp.myabc.com
> 
> these can all be different machines.
> 
> 
> Now, if you don't want to pay anything, use dynamic
> dns. This means you don't need your own domain
> (which can be cool if you're not bothered). You get
> to choose among several domains that they hold and
> tack on your hostname to it.
> 
> eg.
> 
> anything.dyndns.org
> 
> You can also have www.anything.dyndns.org and so on.
> 
> This service is totally free, not setup fee, no
> recurring fees. The dynamic dns server updates
> whenever you get a new ip (like you do when you use
> dynamically assigned IP). You have to install a
> client on your host. (a few to choose from for
> linux, bsd, windows)
> 
> Works simply like this.
> 
> 1. dial-in, get new dynamic ip
> 2. dyndns client contacts dyndns.org
> 3. updates pointers and you're good to go
> 
> What happens when your host is offline? You can
> assign an "offline url" somewhere the dns will point
> to when your host is not available.
> 
> Pretty cool, I must say.
> 
> So, for your needs, all you need is the cheapest
> RM88 streamyx package but this of course limits your
> uplink bandwidth (it _is_ ADSL, after all) which
> means access to your server would be slower. (but it
> might well be fast enough for your purposes)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Mukhsein Johari
> 
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