Dynamic DNS allows you to dynamically update your DNS records if you have a Dynamic IP address from your ISP. You install an app on a computer on your network, and it checks your WAN IP address periodically and then updates your DNS records.
NoIP.com and DynDNS.org are the most prominent Dynamic DNS Providers. You can either buy your domain name from them, or you can forward your domain name to a subdomain you create with them. i.e. FailedNormal.com — FailedNormal.no-ip.com
A DNS Registrar is authorized by ICANN to sell domain names. They essentially do the admin work required for the Domain Name System. Registrars have become important because they are private companies and they have […]
Subdomains are prefixes to domain names that allow administrators to provide different web services to users, but do so using the same namespace so that it is easier to remember. Such as MAIL.failednormal.com, WWW.failednormal.com, VPN.failednormal.com… […]
Port 80 Redirect allows you to redirect web traffic to your local server to a port other than port 80. You do this because many ISP’s block port 80 and so you need to use […]
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