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No, I Will Not Fix Your #@$!! Computer → "dyndns" type use with a purchased domain

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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA 1 edit	Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 6:54 am "dyndns" type use with a purchased domain I have domains through godaddy, and hosting through a separate webhost. I was wondering if there was any way to replicate the function of a "dyndns" service (hosting control panel is cpanel), and bind it to a subdomain on my domain.
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tomdlgns Premium Member join:2003-03-21	tomdlgns Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 9:42 am said by Trel: I have domains through godaddy, and hosting through a separate webhost. I was wondering if there was any way to replicate the function of a "dyndns" service (hosting control panel is cpanel), and bind it to a subdomain on my domain. dyndns has many services. are you referring to the IP address syncing to a host name? that way you are remembering the host name and not the ip address? so if your domain is www.mysite.com you want to tie your home IP address to home.mysite.com?
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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA	Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 10:40 am I wasn't talking about using dyndns, I'm talking about using my own domain and own hosting (shared hosting, with cpanel) to replicate the service for myself.
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Jahntassa What, I can have feathers Premium Member join:2006-04-14 Conway, SC	Jahntassa Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 11:00 am Since (at least the last I remember) GoDaddy doesn't offer any Dynamic DNS services (they want you to use them as a host, afterall), there's no 'simple' way to do it. One workaround is here: »www.bunkerhollow.com/blo ··· dns.aspx Of course the problem is you have to use CNAMEs to do it. The only way to REALLY do what you want is to have some programming skills that can log into GoDaddy's web interface and manually update your information on a consistent basis.
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mikefxu join:2004-10-05 Titusville, FL	mikefxu to Trel Member 2010-Oct-19 11:04 am to Trel Are you trying to point a domain.com to your sub.domain.com? I assume you are trying to take advantage of your host allowing you additional sub domains but not additional domains on your hosting plan. If this is what you are trying to do, you can forward your domain to the sub domain in your godaddy control panel. Your users will see the sub domain in the address bar though. Upgrade to a plan that has additional domain hosting or change your host.
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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA	Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 11:22 am said by mikefxu: Are you trying to point a domain.com to your sub.domain.com? I assume you are trying to take advantage of your host allowing you additional sub domains but not additional domains on your hosting plan. If this is what you are trying to do, you can forward your domain to the sub domain in your godaddy control panel. Your users will see the sub domain in the address bar though. Upgrade to a plan that has additional domain hosting or change your host. No, I want to make a subdomain that points to my home server. If I don't use my main domain naim, I do have access to editing CNAMEs since I have a reseller account and can manage any of my domains other than my main (including subdomains).
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Kalford Seems To Be An Rtfm Problem. MVM join:2001-03-20 Ontario	Kalford MVM 2010-Oct-19 11:30 am This article should help. »community.godaddy.com/he ··· icle/415
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mikefxu join:2004-10-05 Titusville, FL	mikefxu to Trel Member 2010-Oct-19 12:37 pm to Trel Don't know what you are hosting on home server, but if you need a cheap host try here: »www.nosupportlinuxhosting.com/ Every year or two I need a temporary host for special projects so I am always looking for a good cheap temporary host. Have used CookieHost and NetFirms for temporary host when they had year domain name and hosting for $10.
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izy MVM join:2000-09-21 endless loop	izy to Trel MVM 2010-Oct-19 6:38 pm to Trel Create an A record, point it to your home IP
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Jahntassa What, I can have feathers Premium Member join:2006-04-14 Conway, SC	Jahntassa to Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 6:45 pm to Trel said by Trel: No, I want to make a subdomain that points to my home server. If I don't use my main domain naim, I do have access to editing CNAMEs since I have a reseller account and can manage any of my domains other than my main (including subdomains). Subdomain is easy then. The link I provided shows how.
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joako Premium Member join:2000-09-07 /dev/null	joako to Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 7:02 pm to Trel said by Trel: I have domains through godaddy, and hosting through a separate webhost. I was wondering if there was any way to replicate the function of a "dyndns" service (hosting control panel is cpanel), and bind it to a subdomain on my domain. Use the service like DynDNS that you like and then create a CNAM record for whatever.yourdomain.com to the dyndns domain. $ nslookup something.my-real-domain.com Server: 192.168.3.254 Address: 192.168.3.254#53 Non-authoritative answer: something.my-real-domain.com canonical name = whocareswhatthisiscalled.dyndns-remote.com. Name: whocareswhatthisiscalled.dyndns-remote.com Address: 86.7.53.09
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techjoe Premium Member join:2004-02-20 Lombard, IL	techjoe Premium Member 2010-Oct-19 8:40 pm Jahntassa & Joako are dead on. Without real direct access to your nameserver's zone file you have to use dyndns & cnames, or resort to a static IP.
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appy0 asdf join:2010-09-08 San Francisco, CA	appy0 to Trel Member 2010-Oct-19 10:36 pm to Trel NameCheap's FreeDNS can do dynamic DNS. The IP is updated with a client or you can periodically load a URL. You would have to use them for your nameservers, though. ..Or I suppose you could delegate the NS (zone) for your subdomain to FreeDNS (not sure if FreeDNS will let you do that). It's a pretty good DNS host for being free. »www.namecheap.com/freedn ··· dns.aspx »www.namecheap.com/resour ··· namicdns
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tomdlgns Premium Member join:2003-03-21	tomdlgns to Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-20 9:15 am to Trel said by Trel: I wasn't talking about using dyndns, I'm talking about using my own domain and own hosting (shared hosting, with cpanel) to replicate the service for myself. i dont think i ever suggested that you used dyndns, i know you want to use your own name. thanks for reading. you do realize that dyndns has more than one service, right?
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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA	Trel to joako Premium Member 2010-Oct-20 9:40 am to joako said by joako: said by Trel: I have domains through godaddy, and hosting through a separate webhost. I was wondering if there was any way to replicate the function of a "dyndns" service (hosting control panel is cpanel), and bind it to a subdomain on my domain. Use the service like DynDNS that you like and then create a CNAM record for whatever.yourdomain.com to the dyndns domain. $ nslookup something.my-real-domain.com Server: 192.168.3.254 Address: 192.168.3.254#53 Non-authoritative answer: something.my-real-domain.com canonical name = whocareswhatthisiscalled.dyndns-remote.com. Name: whocareswhatthisiscalled.dyndns-remote.com Address: 86.7.53.09 But I'm not what I'm asking. I already use dyndns to resolve to my dynamic ip I'm trying to NOT use their service and instead use the tools included with godaddy and my hosting. Is that possible, or would I have to use that service? (And as for dyndns having more than one service, I think it's obvious I meant the one to provide a name for a dynamic DNS, and further, I was just using them as an example of what I want to achieve, not saying I wish to use them)
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Jahntassa What, I can have feathers Premium Member join:2006-04-14 Conway, SC	Jahntassa Premium Member 2010-Oct-20 10:04 am Unless you can run a DNS server on your hosting, and set it as an active nameserver, no, you need a third party service to do what you want. If you can setup a DNS server on your host, and set it as a Nameserver for your domain, then sure, you should be able to write some little program / script to update it.
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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA	Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-20 11:16 am damn, oh well, it was worth a shot though.
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tomdlgns Premium Member join:2003-03-21	tomdlgns Premium Member 2010-Oct-20 1:21 pm said by Trel: damn, oh well, it was worth a shot though. just curious, why are you against dyndns? it sounds like you can still use their service and create a couple of cnames, mentioned above, to do what you need. also, dyndns can even run in some routers, meaning, you wouldnt even need to use the software on a PC.
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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA	Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-21 4:10 am said by tomdlgns: said by Trel: damn, oh well, it was worth a shot though. just curious, why are you against dyndns? it sounds like you can still use their service and create a couple of cnames, mentioned above, to do what you need. also, dyndns can even run in some routers, meaning, you wouldnt even need to use the software on a PC. I do run it in the router for three locations. However, the problem is with two of them. First is DSL, that one's fine as the IP changes pretty often. Second is Cable, that one I could probably do manually to one of my domains in Cpanel/WHM, since the IP hasn't changed since it was started. Third is a Fios connection. I've had the IP change 4 times in the past year. That's the problem one. If it's not changing every 30 (or was it 60) days, I have to remember to check an email I don't often check and fill out a captcha so it doesn't expire. (So I could think of two solutions, find a way to do it on one of my domains without any service of DynDNS (or similar), or get the maker of the router's firmware to add an option to force an update every X days regardless of IP change (which I think is my next course of action)).
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tomdlgns Premium Member join:2003-03-21	tomdlgns Premium Member 2010-Oct-21 9:54 am i have had some issues with the dyndns option in the routers in the past, however, i run it in the router and on my desktop. is the firmware up to date on that router? good luck with the manufacture, i wouldn't even waste my time.
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Trel Good Evening Premium Member join:2002-10-08 USA	Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-21 10:15 am said by tomdlgns: i have had some issues with the dyndns option in the routers in the past, however, i run it in the router and on my desktop. is the firmware up to date on that router? good luck with the manufacture, i wouldn't even waste my time. I use custom firmware(tomato firmware), so hopefully the programmer will be a bit more accessable.
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jester121 Premium Member join:2003-08-09 Lake Zurich, IL	jester121 to Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-21 2:54 pm to Trel Why not run one of the bajillion free dynamic IP updater utility programs on a computer at each site? It prevents the 30-day e-mail from ever showing up, and as long as the computer gets turned on it will automatically update your DYNDNS records. If it breaks, THEN you'll get an e-mail telling you something's wrong at that site.
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tomdlgns Premium Member join:2003-03-21	tomdlgns Premium Member 2010-Oct-21 4:11 pm i was going to suggest this but it sounds like he doesn't want a PC on all the time.
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techjoe Premium Member join:2004-02-20 Lombard, IL 1 edit	techjoe to Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-21 6:50 pm to Trel nevermind
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Matt3 All noise, no signal. Premium Member join:2003-07-20 Jamestown, NC	Matt3 to Trel Premium Member 2010-Oct-22 1:26 pm to Trel I ponied up the $29.99/year for DynDNS Custom. It allows you to run your own domain name, update it with a DynDNS client, and it never expires.
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