Introduction
At the office or at home, there are one or more computer(s) that need to be accessible from the internet.
Unfortunately, the internet connection does not have a fixed IP address, which makes it difficult to keep
the
services accessible. Manually changing the IP address every month, week, or even daily is not convenient and
takes too long.
Staying accessible with a dynamic IP address
To solve this problem, there is the dynamic DNS protocol. With this, a (sub-)domain can be easily and fully
automated provided with the new, changed IP address and the services running at the office or at home remain
accessible. Despite the regular IP address changes.
The dynamic DNS protocol must be supported by a device within the network. For example, the internet modem that is connected to the internet connection. An example of such a modem is the FRITZ!Box modem that is supplied by xs4all to subscribers, but is also available separately. NAS systems from, for example, Synology also support the DynDNS protocol. Accessing the network when no fixed internet connection is available? Take a look at the Teltonika 4G router with DynDNS support.
As soon as the device determines that the external IP address has been changed, it will pass this on to the provider using the dynamic DNS protocol. The provider then transfers the received IP address to the DNS servers for the relevant (sub-)domain. The rest of the internet will also start using the new IP address.
Hosting website and email on your home internet connection
The combination of a domain name, a free domain parking package, bHosted DynDNS and your own server or NAS
system (e.g. a Synology DiskStation) makes it possible to host the website and/or email for your domain name
on
your own internet connection.
If only a limited number of visitors are expected on your website and the speed of the website is not a main priority, then this is an excellent solution. Especially if you are not dependent on your email for business operations and are handy with computers yourself, then a great mail server can be installed on the mentioned NAS systems. You then keep the hosting under your own control.
Register
Register your domain name with bHosted and start using the bHosted DynDNS service today.
Free DynDNS with domain name
At bHosted, the use of the Dynamic DNS service is free with every domain name that is registered
with
bHosted and uses the bHosted DNS servers.
In combination with the free domain parking package you only pay the annual domain registration costs.
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