Geekabit free DynamicDNS service

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fixx

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Hi Everyone

A year or so back I became quite frustrated by DynamicDNS providers who started charging for their services, or would limit you to only 5 or so free hosts, so I decided to write my own DynamicDNS service that runs on bind.

At first it was only for my own clients, but I recently decided to write a web frontend for the administration and make it available for public use.

I am posting this to request you guys to help me test it properly please. To register a new account, you can head to http://http://dynamicdns.geekabit.co.za. Registration is quick and easy.

Thank you all.
 
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Nice work. I've already registered an account and added a few hosts.

One thing I noticed that could be useful is to put a Create Host button somewhere on the hosts list page. You can get to it from the menu but putting a dedicated button there makes sense imo.

Will test it out.
 
Can this be used with ADSL routers with fixed options as to the DDNS service?
 
fixx said:
Hi Everyone

A year or so back I became quite frustrated by DynamicDNS providers who started charging for their services, or would limit you to only 5 or so free hosts, so I decided to write my own DynamicDNS service that runs on bind.

At first it was only for my own clients, but I recently decided to write a web frontend for the administration and make it available for public use.

I am posting this to request you guys to help me test it properly please. To register a new account, you can head to http://www.geekabit.co.za. Registration is quick and easy.

Thank you all.
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Dude, no need to spam the forum with multiple posts of the same thing
 
Sorry for the SPAM, I just though not everyone reads all the forums so I posted it in a few that I thought are relevant. :/
 
fixx said:
Yes, it uses generic HTTP requests, so it can be used on any Operating system.
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No I mean ... in the DDNS section of a router you can typically select one of a few DDNS services like dyndns or no-ip. Usually you can't select anything else or enter a new service.
 
biometrics said:
No I mean ... in the DDNS section of a router you can typically select one of a few DDNS services like dyndns or no-ip. Usually you can't select anything else or enter a new service.
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You'll have to have have a firmware that has wget or curl on it and run a custom command as a cron.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
You'll have to have have a firmware that has wget or curl on it and run a custom command as a cron.
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Thats right. The idea with this is not to have a mass user base. I found actual value in it and thought someone else might too which is the reason I am making it public.
 
This looks good. I think the best part is that it is hosted local.

Still prefer freedns.afraid.org myself for free dynamic dns, since they do full dns hosting which I can use with my own free .za.net domains ect.
 
Registered, but stuffed up my name in the registration (Typed 'Jargo' and left out the 'n' - facepalm).
See no option of changing (fixing) it. I sent a contact form though to ask if it's fixable.

Not a very good moday for me.. can't even type properly, meh
Aircon in the office doesnt work properly.. it's boiling today!
 
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hackerjargon said:
Registered, but stuffed up my name in the registration (Typed 'Jargo' and left out the 'n' - facepalm).
See no option of changing (fixing) it. I sent a contact form though to ask if it's fixable.

Not a very good moday for me.. can't even type properly, meh
Aircon in the office doesnt work properly.. it's boiling today!
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Your "n" key on your keyboard seems broken;)
 
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hackerjargon said:
Registered, but stuffed up my name in the registration (Typed 'Jargo' and left out the 'n' - facepalm).
See no option of changing (fixing) it. I sent a contact form though to ask if it's fixable.

Not a very good moday for me.. can't even type properly, meh
Aircon in the office doesnt work properly.. it's boiling today!
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I updated the name for you. I will still add functionality this week or the next to update your profile details.
 
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