On Mon 03 Aug 2020 at 22:15:25 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > How do you keep this set of dynamic DNS providers informed each time > > your home's IP address changes, bearing in mind nobody's at home? > > It's called a "dynamic DNS (DDNS) client" and runs on your router (it sends > the new IP to the DDNS server whenever your router gets one). > > Most home routers come with built-in support for some DDNS protocols. > Of course, I recommend upgrading your router to a firmware like OpenWRT > if at all possible, and not just so you get a large choice of > DDNS clients.
I see. Not being familiar with the service, should I understand that I could get one such address from no-ip.com for free? DynDNS costs. My main router doesn't have the facility to run that client. My cascaded router does (to just those two services), but that one has a broken WAN port (hence its rĂ´le). So I presume I'd be expected to run No-IP's own software on my home PC. I think I'd prefer to send emails with cron. As I said, this email would also act as a pulse indication. One could even use it for giving out some relevant information. BTW note that my contributions to this thread have now closed the circle: my first post was outlining a free method in place of deloptes's suggested cheap alternative to DDNS. Cheers, David.