Fixed IP address with a dynamic DNS Service
So you don't have the Problem with the daily changing addresses, you can sign up with a provider for dynamic DNS service. Provides you with a fixed DNS address, according to the pattern "benutzername.dns-service.de". Thus, the DNS Service provider knows the address of your network, the Router or a small program to the provider after each new dial-in the new IP. Now you can select the desired program for your DNS address and land in your own home network.
Step-by-step to the dynamic DNS address
- From find a service provider for a dynamic DNS address. Free FreeDNS, NoIP or MyFritz of AVM, for example. A paid Service DynDNS, certainly the best-known provider offers. There, the "Remote Access" costs 25 € in the year.
- You register for an Account and make a note of the DNS address given to you by the provider.
- Login to your Router and see if you can enter your dynamic DNS Account. In the case of the Fritz!Box you will see the "Internet – free Dynamic DNS offerings–". If your Router has the Option not to offer the provider is usually a program for your Computer that tells the IP of your network.
- Finished. From now on, you are reached at your new DNS address. Now you can set up on your Router, port forwarding, and shares, in order to use the desired services in their own network.
Dynamic DNS on the FritzBox
DNS client for updating your Router IP
If your Router has the Option, you can keep up with the help of a few small programs, the IP your provider up to date.
- NoIP offers for this case, the Software "Dynamic DNS Update Client" on. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- At Dyn is the name of the product,"Dyn Update Client".
- FreeDNS offers a small "Daemon" for Linux that matches your IP with FreeDNS. This and a Windows Client for FreeDNS you can find on the open source platform Sourceforge.
If you make your network reachable from the outside, you should also think of the safety. Turn on Firewalls and close unnecessary port forwarding on your Router. The following tip describes where to find Firewall settings in Windows.
