Apex and Free DNS host

xmetalfan99 · Dec 20, 2011

DYNDNS.org is nolonger free and they stopped my service this afternoon. What is a good free DNS host?

swannyson7 · Dec 20, 2011

I got mine through freedns.afraid.org

STL · Dec 20, 2011

Sounds like they still have a free service, but have limited the free accounts to one host name:

DynDNS.com - Free DDNS Service Changes

Bruno · Dec 20, 2011

Yup happened to me last week. I paid them 20.00 and they set it back up for me again.

xmetalfan99 · Dec 20, 2011

I cant find where to setup a new dns with dyndns.org though. No clue where that option is.

CalmSeasQuest · Dec 20, 2011

Hmm - I've been using DynDns for a couple years without incident (only 1 host) I guess I better keep an eye on it.

xmetalfan99 · Dec 20, 2011

CalmSeasQuest said:
Hmm - I've been using DynDns for a couple years without incident (only 1 host) I guess I better keep an eye on it.

I also only have one host. No clue why it isn't working. From what I read, as long as you only have one host your fine.

btkrausen · Dec 20, 2011

I've been thinking about getting some InfoBlox DNS appliances that we ended up not using at work and let everyone use it on here. It would be free DNS service to everyone on here and I could buy a domain that everyone could use.

I'll email the guys now and make sure they send me the appliance before throwing them away. From what I was told they are brand new but never ended up using them. I think they had like 8 of them from one of the data centers that we shut down.

btkrausen · Dec 20, 2011

Bingo...have some InfoBlox appliances on the way. Anybody have any good ideas on what a good domain we could use for this?

xmetalfan99 · Dec 20, 2011

That is awesome news btkrausen. No clue about a name though.

keokea · Dec 20, 2011

that's awesome! btkrausen your the man! should make it btk.r2r.org or something :)

STL · Dec 20, 2011

Re: dyndns, seems that you can still create a free domain if you make an account (or log into your account) - but no handy links off the main page. :/

xmetalfan99 · Dec 20, 2011

If you do the free trial for pro and cancel it within 30 days, they give you one host name for free as a thanks for trying it out. That is what I did. Signed up and cancelled right away.