Dynamic DNS Using No-IP
I got a case where I need to access my laptop at home. I did have a xmpp client active at home that act as chatbot where I can chat with and give it specific command for me to get whatever report I want from my laptop. But, this chatbot is limited in term of funcionality. So, I needed another solution for another problem where my chatbot can't handle it.
Here come the DDNS part. This time, we will use No-IP as our DNS provider. So, how do we use the solution? first, you have to register to the site, activate your account email and login.
Dynamic DNS using DynDNS
One day I'm looking at my DSL modem's feature. There I see a DDNS tab, I don't know what DDNS mean until I open it. So, DDNS means Dynamic DNS. At this point I still don't know what is ddns used for. But there's a link to dyndns.org. and a form with username, password and domain in use. Still don't know what the use of it, I open dyndns website and register a free account. Looking for dynamic dns section, add a new host and add this information to my modem's setting (hostname, username, email, and password). save it and open the domain I add from browser. Waw, I'm surprised that I can access my modem's administration page from internet. Now I wonder, can I make my laptop's http service accesible internet?.
Looking around dyndns website and I found a download page. I download an update client for windows, because right now I'm using it. There's client app for linux and mac too. After download and install it, I set the same information i put into my modem's config and do an update IP. after it's done I surf my laptop using hostname I registered earlier. I can see my server's welcome page. I didn't satisfy with the result, so I contact some online friend to open the hostname from their browser and they did see the same welcome page. Hmm, so this is the use of dynamic dns. I think this is what my friend abud need.
