Is No-IP Dynamic DNS free?

Is No-IP still free?

I remember when "No-IP" was introduced, and I actually ordered it right off the bat. I even have a copy. Not only is it free, it's completely legal (and can be used to do some very cool things). A couple of my fellow bloggers mentioned the change in software/IP policy over the past year or two, and what is new and exciting.

Here's the gist: Free "No-IP" IP addresses are no longer distributed as they were before. You will need to sign up with an alternative provider or pay for your own IP addresses. There is no free alternative. They also no longer provide the email accounts that you were used to registering with, only IP addresses. In addition, they have changed the software package, which now allows anyone to request an IP address from their site. If the address issued, you get the IP address, and then they charge you. You may not realize this, but this has actually been going on for over three years now. They originally put this into effect when the "Big 3" DNS providers (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo) decided to shut down several free, ad-free DNS domains. These domains provided "free" IP addresses, but you still had to register your domain with these companies in order to use the service. That was the entire point of the service, wasn't it? It allowed you to use a free DNS service and register your site with one company instead of three. This caused the problem, however, because these companies were in violation of anti-trust laws.95/month that you pay? Maybe a different service would have been better? Perhaps we could've gotten the same service for free. I don't know, but here is the best solution I can think of:

Don't buy an IP address at No-IP, and instead, register your own domain through a service that allows you to transfer your domain name for a small fee. There are quite a few services out there that allow this. For example, GoDaddy is an excellent choice.

How can I use No-IP for free?

It's so convenient! Just remember your username and password. No need to worry about your IP changing anymore. You don't even need a website, nor do you need your ISP to be No-IP friendly. This can save your server and yourself some money. For this example we will assume the no-ip.com domain name: ns.org.

How about creating a record of your IP address so that people can easily remember your real IP address? You can create this record for free by going to your account page and clicking on "Add New Record". A simple name like "My Home IP Address" or "My Router IP Address" can be enough. We will use the name "My IP Address".

Now all you have to do is to login to your server to check if it has been correctly created. To login to your Server: If it works, you will receive a confirmation message from your ISP. If it didn't work, contact your ISP's support and tell them you are having a problem setting up your records. If it really doesn't work you probably don't have a public IP (See more information on what Public vs Private IP means.)

Note: You could easily rename the DNS record later in your hosting control panel (eg myserver.org), but the DNS record will stay in effect until you clear your records, so you don't want to keep reusing the same record.

You can login at the web page by using the usernames and passwords you created earlier. When you set up an account at no-ip.com (or any other provider) you need to give them a valid email address. In most cases this will be the email address you would like to send web page messages to. When you add the email address your account will be associated with, your web server should respond with a confirmation of the record.

A few notes about No-IP.com DNS. The email address that you associate with your no-ip.com DNS will be the only email address that is used for communication. All other emails related to changes (ie your IP address is changing) will be sent to the email address you provided.

Can I use Dyndns for free?

I'm having an issue with Dyndns and my hosting provider. I've got free dyndns service on my website and I want to make sure it's not causing problems with my server. If there's any type of lag when I navigate to the page, I'll know what the problem is.

I've disabled all plugins and themes but still nothing. I've also changed the settings in my Dyndns account to be "unlimited". I've tried to ping the site, I've also set my dyndns to be the default domain name.

Can anyone else test this with me? I just need to know if it's working. Thanks in advance.

DynDNS service. The "service" you see on your computer is called a "Dynamic DNS Service". That is, if you go to you can sign up for free, or pay for a service, then you can update the address where your website is hosted.

However, I have noticed that many people fail to realize the following: The Dynamic DNS Service is NOT the same thing as your web hosting service. B. As soon as you change the IP address where your website is hosted, that IP will NOT be the same IP for your Dynamic DNS Service. You have to go to your dynamic DNS service, and change the address where your website is hosted to the new IP address.

If you are having issues, you may want to see if you can change your hosting service to another provider, and use the free Dynamic DNS service for troubleshooting purposes, since you are having issues. I was having an issue with my DynDNS service where it kept changing the IP address of the website, and I would find myself in a loop. For example, I would be at and then my IP address would change to and I would be pointed to my website again. That is, I would just get locked into a loop.

I fixed the issue by calling my Dynamic DNS service provider and telling them to change the IP address of the website to the static IP address instead.

Is No-IP Dynamic DNS free?

And the answer is a resounding NO (and if there are other free or free-as-in-beer dyndns services out there, I'm not aware of them.)

I had a problem where I couldn't connect to my home network. To use analogy: it would be like trying to walk around the room, but then you trip and can't get up again. That's the situation: I can't seem to connect to my LAN from another computer or even from my home router (not that I use the DSL modem/router for much more than DHCP). This happened just after I set up my ISP (which was using No-IP) so I didn't know at first what was going on. My wife and I couldn't access it and had to wait until the next day to figure it out. That's when I was told that somehow, the DNS information that No-IP was automatically assigning me was wrong and that the problem was actually on my end (if I understand how networks and networking work, which I really don't).

I spent a few hours with Google searches to see if I could figure this out and one of my first results was a tutorial about changing your router IP address. I found out about my problem by reading through that tutorial, which was very easy to follow. So that's good.

But at the end of the tutorial, I wanted to know more about how this would affect my No-IP configuration. And that's where I was given a very hard time. Apparently, it is a bad thing for a No-IP service to know your router IP address!

If only I had known this before. At least now I have the solution and I can live with it. This is not an opinion piece against No-IP, but rather a short tutorial on how the process of setting up a Dynamic DNS service really works, which is something that many people don't really know or understand.

How Does No-IP Really Work? Okay, let me start out with the basics. A Dynamic DNS Service is a special service that will continuously keep track of your current IP address. But wait! Your No-IP service already does this. How does this work and why is it necessary?