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█▌ - THE BEST FREE DOMAIN & DNS HOSTING SERVICE REVIEWS - █▌
█▌ & INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS █▌
█ ▐▌
█ HOW TO SETUP A FREE DOMAIN TO POINT TO YOUR OWN BOX: ▐▌
█ If you run a web, FTP server, etc. from your box and want a free domain ▐▌
█ instead of your IP use a domain name server. This article is only about ▐▌
█ the free domain name servers and how to set those up. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I'm still trying to find a replacement for DynDNS; no longer free service. ▐▌
█ The simple requirements for a 5 ***** star rating: ▐▌
█ A. They offer a free domain with a free DNS service. ▐▌
█ B. It has a proper 'Update Client/s' for both static and dynamic IPs for ▐▌
█ multiple OSs. ▐▌
█ As I try various services I'll add them to this list even if they don't ▐▌
█ meet the requirements so that you don't waste your time trying them as I ▐▌
█ have. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 1. DYNDNS - Was the best but no longer free. For those using the paid ▐▌
█ service HERE is the tutorial how to install the Linux Update Client. ▐▌
█ 2. NAMECHEAP.COM * ▐▌
█ 3. NO-IP.COM *** ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I'll review these other free DNS servers, when I have the time to try each ▐▌
█ myself, that I read work well (?): ▐▌
█ freedns.afraid.org, dnslookup.me, dns4.pro, dns.he.net, cloudns.net, and ▐▌
█ rage4.com (less than 250,000 requests per month free). ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 2. NAMECHEAP.COM: * ▐▌
█ ````````````````````` ▐▌
█ - They do not provide a free domain; only the free DNS service for your ▐▌
█ own domain. ▐▌
█ - Update Client is for Windows only but it does have an option to enter ▐▌
█ an IP to update and not just auto detect present IP. This would work ▐▌
█ well for Win users that have a remote Linux server with a static IP. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ 3. NO-IP.COM *** ▐▌
█ ```````````````` ▐▌
█ Great service ONLY for dynamic IPs that change at least every 29 days. ▐▌
█ Pros: Up to 3 hostnames, e-mail support and an update client. ▐▌
█ Cons: If your IP hasn't changed within 30 days you must login to the ▐▌
█ website and manually update it every 30 days or your free hostname will be ▐▌
█ deleted (or dynamic IPs reboot your router to acquire a new IP for it to ▐▌
█ update). The update client only updates your No-IP account if your IP has ▐▌
█ changed. You cannot force an update every x days. I want to use it on a ▐▌
█ server with a static IP so No-IP isn't the solution for me. :( ▐▌
█ That is why many people, even with dynamic IPs lose their free domain ▐▌
█ while running the update client not realizing this rule. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ INSTALL NOIP UPDATE CLIENT LINUX DEBIAN: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Very easy, here are my notes: ▐▌
█ (Note Only: The Update Client uses port 80, port 443, and port 8245.) ▐▌
█ wget http://www.noip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz ▐▌
█ tar xzvf noip-duc-linux.tar.gz ▐▌
█ cd noip-2.1.9-1 ▐▌
█ cat README.FIRST | less ▐▌
█ make ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ make install ▐▌
█ You'll then be prompted for your login name, then pass you used to create ▐▌
█ your no-ip account. ▐▌
█ Then prompted update interval which is in minutes, not days: ▐▌
█ Please enter an update interval:[30] ▐▌
█ Do you wish to run something at successful update? N ▐▌
█ Output: ▐▌
█ New configuration file '/tmp/no-ip2.conf' created. ▐▌
█ mv /tmp/no-ip2.conf /usr/local/etc/no-ip2.conf ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Set perms on it: ▐▌
█ chmod 700 /usr/local/bin/noip2 ▐▌
█ chown root:root /usr/local/bin/noip2 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To launch the client in the background: noip2 ▐▌
█ Display info: noip2 -S ▐▌
█ Output will be similar to: ▐▌
█ 1 noip2 process active. ▐▌
█ Process 27371, started as /home/mewbies/noip-2.1.9-1/noip2,(version 2.1.9) ▐▌
█ Using configuration from /usr/local/etc/no-ip2.conf ▐▌
█ Last IP Address set 123.45.678.901 ▐▌
█ Account mewbies ▐▌
█ configured for: ▐▌
█ host mewbies.no-ip.biz ▐▌
█ Updating every 30 minutes via /dev/eth1 with NAT enabled. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ TO AUTO RUN NOIP AT BOOTUP: ▐▌
█ ``````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ cp debian.noip2.sh /usr/local/bin ▐▌
█ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/debian.noip2.sh ▐▌
█ To view if it is running: ▐▌
█ ps -ewwo pid,args | grep noip2 ▐▌
█ Output similar to: ▐▌
█ 19149 grep noip2 ▐▌
█ 27371 /usr/local/bin/noip2 ▐▌
█ exit ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ TO UNINSTALL NOIP: ▐▌
█ `````````````````` ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ rm /usr/local/bin/debian.noip2.sh ▐▌
█ rm /usr/local/bin/noip2 ▐▌
█ rm /usr/local/etc/no-ip2.conf ▐▌
█ exit ▐▌
█ cd ~ ▐▌
█ rm -rf noip-duc-linux.tar.gz noip-2.1.9-1 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ //---------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Last update on 08 Nov '13 ▐▌
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