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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.0&return_msg=40439.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.11">11–19</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=40439.1">Dynamic DNS</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="40439_1_19_10"> <a name="a40439_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:18</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1">40439.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've used no-ip for ages and it works fine for their subdomains (works better when your IP changes since you don't have to manually update your hosts).<br /><br /> I want a free service so I can use my own domains/sub domains. I can manually update A Names for my subdomains but that takes ages. I want something with a client/script so I can update my subdomain A Names automatically.<br /><br /> Has anyone use a free service for your own domain/subdomain?<br /><br /> I've found some that seem to offer this...<br /><br /><a href="http://freedns.afraid.org/">http://freedns.afraid.org/</a><br /><a href="http://www.dnsdynamic.org/">http://www.dnsdynamic.org/</a><br /><br /> They don't exactly look professional, but that might be because they're not commercial.<br /></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.1&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:30"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.2">40439.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_1" target="_self">40439.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I used Afraid for ages, years back. Faffy set up, but solid and never had any issues.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.2&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Monsoir (PILOTDAN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:32"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.3">40439.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_2" target="_self">40439.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Seems I need to change my nameservers to theirs which would break my hosting.<br /><br /> Maybe I need something that can update the A records that I set in CPanel. Or I need to think about a different way to do this.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.3&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.4">40439.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_3" target="_self">40439.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I don't think you can do everything you want, if you have hosting inbetween. However, there's nothing stopping you replicating your cpanel DNS records in FreeDNS. It might partially break some of the CPanel automation - in that, whenever you added a subdomain in CPanel, you'd have to check what it had done in CPanel DNS and then copy it to FreeDNS - but I think it's the only way to get the best of both worlds.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.4&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Monsoir (PILOTDAN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.5">40439.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_4" target="_self">40439.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Thanks, I guess I need to have a better look at this.<br /><br /> There should definitely be a CPanel A Name record update client. That would be damn useful.<br /></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.5&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:43"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.6">40439.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_3" target="_self">40439.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> To clarify what I mean by that - from what I recall, the FreeDNS client has an option to only update records which had your previous Dynamic IP. So, if you created a record with a manually set IP, they just stay the same.<br /><br /></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.6&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:47"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.7">40439.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_5" target="_self">40439.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The only other way would be to add a nameserver for the subdomain, but I don't think CPanel lets you do that. <br /><br /> Edit: Yeah, can't find a way to do it in CPanel directly. However, I can do it in WebHostingManager so maybe ask your host. I'm just waiting for DNS to sort itself out so I can test it.<br /><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 17 Apr 2013 13:51 by PILOTDAN</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.7&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 13:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Monsoir (PILOTDAN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 13:59"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.8">40439.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_7" target="_self">40439.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Do you think this could be done via 123-reg rather than my hosting (NetHosted) and CPanel? (I'll get searching)<br /><br /> Since currently the nameservers in 123-reg are set to NetHosted and I set my A Name in CPanel.<br /></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.8&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 14:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 14:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.9">40439.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_8" target="_self">40439.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Potentially, but I went to look to see what 123-reg have on their control panel and they want £10 per year for a subdomain.<br /><br /> Which is taking the piss to say the least, seeing as it costs fuck all in reality.<br /></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.9&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40439_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_40439_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">17 Apr 2013 14:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2013 14:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.10">40439.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40439.1#a40439_8" target="_self">40439.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Just looked and it doesn't appear the 123-reg DNS editor lets you change NS records. It may work if you purchase a subdomain, but I wouldn't even try out of principle!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40439.10&return_msg=40439.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40439.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="40439.11" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>