Pain in the Tech comments on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router]

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by broadbandsecurity dot org

Sat, 31 May 2008 21:49:42 -0700

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Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Czar

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:48:44 -0800

Sorry no one else sent in a solution prior to this one.

Go to applications & gaming. Port 80 for serving web pagets (www) in mine was set to go directly to the router 192.168.1.1. Change it to 192.168.1.100 generally, that ought to put it on the computer being used as a server instead of on the router itself.

A pretty simple solution, but it took several google selections to discover that I was landing on the router instead of my server's website!

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Matthew

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:58:54 -0800

Did you find a solution?

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Matthew

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:57:59 -0800

I too am having the "DNS resolving to router config page" issue. I have comcast internet service, do they offer PPPoE IDs? Is there another way that someone knows on how to resolve this issue? Please email me and thanks for the help!

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Connor

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:38:52 -0700

Hi, I didn't have a problem accessing my DynDNS domain from inside my network. I understand why this would happen, but I find it strange that I have no problems regarding this.

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by meshif

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:08:27 -0700

I was having the above problem as well (DNS resolving to router config page). I was able to avoid this by making a PPPoE connection for my internet. Just follow these steps in XP and it should work: -click start->control panel->classic view->network connections -from the tasks on the left select 'create a new connection' -select 'connect to the internet' on the first screen and click next -select 'set up my connection manually' and click next -select 'connect using a broadband connection that requires a username and password' and click next -type whatever you want in this box; its your icon name; and click next -fill in the username and password from your ISP and make sure both boxes are checked and click next -now put a checkmark in the box and click finish. Now as long as this new connection is active your DNS will point to the right IP address. Also this connection seems to boost my speeds a bit, anyone else find this?

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Anonymous

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:45:51 -0700

I also have the router on the LAN side of a DSL modem & get my IP updated to my LAN address...

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Charles Shoults

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:40:55 -0700

I got this whole process to work, but I need to take it a step further. If someone tries to access the address from the outside, it works fine but I need to duplicate the process for users on the LAN. Currently, if a LAN-connected user tries to access http://charlesshoults.dyndns.org, they get a page cannot be displayed. Best I can figure is that it has something to do with trying to go out of the router and then back through it and not correctly resolving DNS, but I can't find any way to fix it. People can easily enter x.x.x.102 into the browser but I need a better solution. If I go on a website and post a link to an image that is housed on my local server, I must specify it as "img src=http://charlesshoults.dyndns.org/whatever.gif". Those outside my network can view the image, but anyone on my local network cannot. Any ideas?

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Anonymous

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:33:58 -0800

I used your method but when I typed my DynDNS address in the browser, I am landing on the Router web interface...What should I do... Thanks(Pl send me email at the above address...thanks)

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by Andy Atkinson

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:41:21 -0800

Hello. I am aware of these services from DynDNS, but have not tried them myself. I have a friend that is interested in trying them for a home web server, so these instructions should prove helpful. If you would like to write a "how to" guide on setting up these additional services from DynDNS, I'd love to host it.

Comment on [Running a Home Server with Dynamic DNS in your Router] by WriteClearly

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:21:24 -0800

The information in the article above is correct for a Dynamic DNS account with DynDNS. But if you have a Custom DNS or Static DNS, then you need to slightly change the configuration. It is a bit difficult to parse through the somewhat ambiguous directions that DynDNS has on it site: http://www.dyndns.com/support/kb/archives/linksys_wrt54g_.html but essentially you need to add "&service=custom" or "&service=static" to your "Hostname" setting in your WRT54G DDNS configuration page. Hope this helps.