Now that DynamicDNS moved itself to a fully payed service, named it DynDns Pro, then renamed it Remote Access and limiting it to 30 hosts for USD 25 a year, I looked for alternatives, and noticed NO-IP.
I like it for a few reasons:
- Far less pushy to get into higher payed services.
- Easy to navigate the DNS products they offer.
- Free for up to 3 hosts (but requires you to login at the web-site or change IP addresses every 30 days).
- Each 25 hosts costs about USD 20 per year (each new set of 25 hosts costs a little less per year).
OK, last year, there was this Microsoft Legal Action and Controversy, but I think that is a once time thing (some people even argue that Microsoft wasn’t thinking), so I created the last script below in PowerShell.
A few open-source scripts to keep your NO-IP account happy (that also work on most other DDNS providers like Duck DNS):
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 