ADSL Dynamic IP domain setup

RECCE

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hello

I have ADSL and i registered a web site . ( co.za )

I want to link my website to my ADSL dynamic ip.

Who do i contact to link my domain to my dynamic ip ?

No-Ip does not cater for co.za domains :(

Help would be appreciated

REGARDS

Recce
 
You can't link a co.za with a dynamic ip - actually, you could if your ISP offered it - Datapro has just offered that for thier ADSL business clients (so long as the domain DNS entries reside on the Datapro servers)

Can you afford between R10 and R20 a month ?
If you can, then you can simply use a hosting company, there's a list on the Hellkom.co.za page on the left below the ADSL hosting companies, complete with lowest price offerings.

http://www.hellkom.co.za/

Believe me, it's the best way to host a website.
Now, if you want to, you can then setup a domain through dyndns http://www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/ that can hook into your computer from your hosted domain, giving you more webspace and flexibility :D

In a nutshell :-

* Get yourself an el-cheapo hosting service - R10 a month
* Setup your basic framework of website on this hosting service - possibly it could just be a frameset
* IF you registered the co.za domain name yourself (which I hope you did because is so damn easy), you should be able to transfer it manually by using whatever the hosting company gives you DNS server wise. (Note, hetzner as a hosting option has the option to transfer the domain yourself - iow, won't cost you a penny - not sure about other hosting companies) If you got someone else to register it for you, well, they will most likely charge you to transfer it.

* Setup an account with dyndns (do a search on the forum or read the help on the dyndns site)
* Once it's active, at your hosted co.za domain, simply point part of the frameset to your dyndns domain, which in turn links to your computer on your ADSL connection
* One final thing, if you have a router or firewall, you'll need to punch a hole in it to allow access on whatever ports you'll be using - say, port 80. You'll also need to be running a web server on that port and NAT to it if it's on an internal network

Easy eh ? :D
 
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Well, I have a .za.net address and it shouldn’t be any different from .co.za

I use freedns, (www.afraid.org), and I use no-ip. I set up my no-ip account, with the ip updater, and at freedns i have a cname to the no-ip address. So whenever my no-ip one updates, the freedns one updates with it automatically. Don’t know how easy it is to change .co.za setup with their nameservers but you could give it a try. Else give me the address to the service you are currently using and I will check it out for you, as long as its free :P
 
Alkine & bb_matt

Tx man for u support , very cool :D

For now ill go with Alkinesoption casue its R10 cheaper :rolleyes:

Alkine ,

I have No-Ip installed but like u now no-ip.com does not accept co.za extensions.

Please help me understand how freedns fits into thepicture and what i should do :confused:

What is cname ? Is it the domain name ?

How does freedns link up with no-ip ?

Soz man , im a real noob with this stuff :D
 
Ok i did somereading on cname.

As i understand it , its subdomains thats ip's gets updated in freedns as soon as main dns gets updated.

I still dont c how i am able to link no-ip with freedns since no-ip dos not accept co.za domains.

Now im really confused.....hehe :confused:
 
DynDNS supports co.za however the Custom DNS will cost you a small fee. Cant remember exactly how much.
 
The cname is used in the dns records of your .co.za domain. Instead of specifying an IP you specify the cname. It kinda helps if the person at the .co.za regsitration site also understands what youre trying to do.

Essentially what will happen is, when someone does a dns lookup for your .co.za domain, the dns server(or client- not sure) will see the cname and then do another lookup on the cname to get the real ip, only once it has this will it pass the ip to you.

I have an entry like this. do a dig/nslookup on za.freescosoft.net. You'll see the cname entry for my homelinux ( dyndns ) account.
 
alchamy said:
DynDNS supports co.za however the Custom DNS will cost you a small fee. Cant remember exactly how much.
And if you happen to have a LinkSys Gateway built into the software is a feature to update DynDNS with the new IP whenever it changes!
 
There are MANY MANY ways to do this, this is the way I do it, until I find a better way to do it :)

Ok the first step is to get an account at freedns www.afraid.org , and add your domain whatevermydomainis.co.za into their system. Then you need to change your nameservers at .co.za to ns1.afraid.org ns2.afraid.org ect.

You are right, no-ip doesn't support .co.za unless you pay them. But you get any account at no-ip and use your normal no-ip updater to update your no-ip account.

The second step, at freedns you set your domain type to cname and link it to no-ip, wich means it uses your no-ip IP to get the IP to use, and that will be your IP because of no-ip updater. (if you link it to google your page will link to google's IP and redirect to it, but most people dont want that :) )

no-ip is in no way linked to your .co.za account. This works almlost like a web forward, exept its not a web-forward, its better. Web forwards hide your real address, cname makes it your real address.

Maybe I should write a step for step guide on this....
 
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You can use dynamic-dns.co.za to link your domain to your ip. It works with any domain type.

Check http://dynamic-dns.co.za/

Cost is R100/year per client.

The DNS servers are local to the RSA and are not influenced by the Telkom ADSL Cap.
 
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Ok ,

I regsitered a domain at za.net , buti got thefollowing reply back :

Your NEW request has been rejected for the following reason(s):

ERROR: Nameserver NS1.AFRAID.ORG is not authoritative for bf2.za.net

ERROR: Nameserver NS2.AFRAID.ORG is not authoritative for bf2.za.net

ERROR: Nameserver NS3.AFRAID.ORG is not authoritative for bf2.za.net

Eesh im such a noob.....hehe , what im i doing wrong :p
 
How stable is freedns.afraid org.

If one of the nameservers of freedns is down , does itmean my domain wont be reached ?

I got some begative feedback from a ISP , i dont now if they just trying to convince me to host with them but apparently using overseas free nameservers could result in myweb page being down some days of the month ?

Is that true ?

RECCE
 
The errors are when your dns hasnt updated yet, try a few hours later and it will work. The webpage being down some days of the month, what crap is that? Free dns is very good, you dont have to wory about stuff like that.
 
once again TX Okes :D

u are the best and tx alot ,

it seems to work !!!!


hOOOOHAAAAA !!!
 
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