I’ve always longed to have a subdomain like myhomeserver.gr80.net to point at my home server ( obviously! ) .. but there is always fees for such services, like No-IP and DynDNS Pro ..
I figured out an easy way to have your own sub domain, pointing at your home server ( assuming you have a dynamic IP connection, or you wouldn’t need this tutorial ) ..
Requirements :
1- Free DynDNS Account
2- Domain Name, ( Domain Control Panel must allow you to create sub domains as CNAME entries, which is available on NetFirms )
Steps:
A) Configure your dummy free sub domain:
1- Create a Free account on DynDNS.org
2- After logging in, Choose “Add Host Services” , Add your desired sub domain ( which doesn’t really matter, it’ll be overridden eventually ) , activate the sub domain ..
Follow the screenshots here :
B) Configure your Domain on Netfirms ( or whatever your registrar is )
1- After Logging to your panel, Choose “Add”
2- Add the desired sub domain ex: myhomeserver.mydomain.com
3- Choose CNAME type, and add your DynDNS Free sub domain .
Follow the screenshots here :
C) Configure your router \ software to use the created DynDNS
1- You can find a tab in your router setup called ( Dynamic DNS \ DDNS \ DynDNS ) .. where you should enter your account credentials on DynDNS.org ( the account you just created ).
Or if you do not have a DDNS-enabled router, you can always go with software like DirectUpdate , it’s the best one i’ve tried, always fulfilling my needs..
Voila! you now have a fully working FREE Dynamic DNS service on your own domain! Enjoy!