Easy Alternative to HiDDNS?

[Carcus]

Does anyone have an easy alternative to HiDDNS?

Can other services be added or alternative ddns services used?

 

[MrRalphMan]

Rather then use this DDNS and port forwarding, you should look at using a VPN instead. Slightly more complex, but much more secure.

Take a look at the very good post by Nayr: VPN Primer for Noobs

 

[Carcus]

I'm and installer and doing something like that for clients would be unrealistic unfortunately.

 

[MrRalphMan]

Then I used NOIP for years without any real issues, apart from the 30 day confirmation checks becoming a pain. I used their free option with no issues.

 

[Carcus]

Yeah back to NOIP for us I think. It's just hard to get clients around the whole idea of paying and explaining why its cheaper than a static IP etc.

Might just make my own DynDNS server.

 

[MrRalphMan]

You can use NOIP with a VPN, as I used to. Just makes it a touch more secure, so I guess it really depends on who you are installing for.

 

[Carcus]

Just residential users.

Used VPN for corporate and mine sites however a bit overkill and complicated for home users.

 

[randytsuch]

Asus routers have a free DDNS service that comes with. They also support OpenVPN, so if you talk your clients into a new router, you can set up both, and they can have a secure interface.
Ask if they really want their videos on the internet, or worse, open a port with port forwarding that lets bad guys into their home network.