Is there Dynamic DNS for my own domain name?

I know I can get a hostname like "myname.dyndns.org", but I want to host a web site on my home computer at "myname.com". How can I do this?

asked Dec 31 at 12:53 AM

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You want Custom DNS (and if you don't already have a domain you'll also need Domain Registration). You can then create a host in your domain (eg home.example.com) and configure your update client to keep that hostname updated.

answered Dec 31 at 09:01 AM

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For most purposes, you could also CNAME a host on your domain to http://myname.dyndns.org - however, this will not work for all purposes, since CNAMEs are not valid for some protocols. This is convenient if you are unable to switch to Custom DNS for the domain you want Dynamic DNS on.

answered Dec 31 at 03:56 PM

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In particular, you can't us a CNAME as an MX record, or for the domain (eg, myname.dyndns.org as the CNAME for example.com) if you wanted to configure your MX as something other than myname.dyndns.org.

Dec 31 at 08:54 PM Cry Havok ♦

if u already have configured Ur domain and dynDNS Acc, update the cNAME Record in Ur Domain to dynDNS URL. otherwise you have to buy a domain and point it to dynDNS registered URL or host DNS in dynDNS

answered Jan 13 at 02:43 AM