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Re: [LUG] Dynamic DNS

 

> I know some do a static IP, which is nice, but a "Dynamic DNS" where a

ISPs tend to charge for static IPs, at a relatively high cost,
presumably they'd charge for the service you are proposing :(

> I noticed a lot of routers have dynamic dns dialogs to configure
> horrible nagware sites like dyn and no-ip. But why isn't it more
> mainstream than that?

I've never had a problem with dyndns, it's always just worked, no
nagging at all.

> What I would like to do is have my laptop at laptop.dabase.com at all
> times and whenever I wanted to show you something, I could launch my
> httpd and say checkout http://laptop.dabase.com/foobar

But that wouldn't work under your suggestion, unless you never moved
your laptop outside your one ISP, what you're describing is just what
dyndns offer.

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