Recommendations for dynamic DNS in 2025?

[ipkpjersi]

Hi there,

It's been a while since I last posted here. I have a FTTH IPv4 connection with insanely short DHCP lease times as my primary Internet connection, so every time I reboot my modem/router I get a new IP. I've been using an AX86U with the latest Merlin firmware, and I've been using asuscomm as my DDNS provider, but the reliability of it is quite bad (getting worse lately) and it's essentially worthless for uptime monitoring of my home Internet connection.

What is everyones recommendations for a reliable DDNS provider? Why do DDNS providers generally sound to be so unreliable compared to something like a VPS or dedicated server which basically never have outages?

I don't mind paying for something good, but of course I'd prefer something free. The most important thing to me is ease of setup, I don't want to have to manage my own service or anything that is challenging to set up.

Thanks.

 

[heysoundude]

Hurricane Electric - tunnelbroker.net
take as many levels as you think you need of ipv6.he.net/certification, then use those credentials to login to tunnelbroker to establish your DDNS. do you need a /48? (you do - claim your free one there)
Have fun

 

[ipkpjersi]

Hurricane Electric - tunnelbroker.net
take as many levels as you think you need of ipv6.he.net/certification, then use those credentials to login to tunnelbroker to establish your DDNS. do you need a /48? (you do - claim your free one there)
Have fun

Sorry, I forgot to mention, my connection is IPv4-only currently.

 

[heysoundude]

It'll work the old way too. I'm not sure if you still need to take the cert...but why not get it anyway for the CV?

 

[Justinh]

Why do DDNS providers generally sound to be so unreliable compared to something like a VPS or dedicated server which basically never have outages?

Why/how do you equate a DDNS services to a hosted VPS?

 

[ipkpjersi]

Why/how do you equate a DDNS services to a hosted VPS?

Both are examples of online services, are they not?

I was wondering what specifically about DDNS services seems to make them so reliable compared to basically any other online service, that was my point.

 

[bbunge]

www.no-ip.com
They have a free service that needs to have the account verified monthly. I use the paid service. My ISP lease time was 15 minutes and no-ip.com worked very well. My ISP lease time is now 30 minutes.

 

[Tech9]

One more vote for No-IP. I have paid subscription, it never failed for years.

Tunnelbroker is the last place I would look for DDNS and their unrelated IPv6 certification is a waste of time. The 6in4 service they offer is like gold plated silver jewelry with no real value in gold.

 

[octopus]

I suggest afraid.org which includes gui in ddns.
Use it for years and never fail.
If you use all five dns then only last two last bytes changes in key-auth.
Handy if you have multi update.

 

[Ripshod]

NOIP,. Hasn't let me down in all the years I've used them.

 

[outlaw78]

I just use the asuscomm.com one built into the router itself unless you want to use a custom domain name.

 

[tallytr]

www.no-ip.com
They have a free service that needs to have the account verified monthly. I use the paid service. My ISP lease time was 15 minutes and no-ip.com worked very well. My ISP lease time is now 30 minutes.

no-ip.com free service, Letsencrypt didn't work for me when using afraid.org...

 

[kuki68ster]

I use Dynu, it is free and never let me down...

Dynu

Dynu Systems, Inc. provides free dynamic DNS service as well as other services such as domain registration, email and SSL services.

www.dynu.com

 

[jacklul]

Sometime ago I sent Asus suggestion to add support for freemyip.com and now it is supported in their firmware.
It's free, simple to use and supports TXT record.

 

[juanantonio]

I've been using no-ip.com for a while with no issues.

Last black friday I saw a discount on the price and I went for it, so as to not having to renew manually the name reservation as needed on free account.

Greetings.

 

[nbdwt73]

Afraid.org - been great for years, very easy to setup and/or modify

 

[bluzfanmr1]

Afraid.org - been great for years, very easy to setup and/or modify

Another vote for afraid.org as I've been using it for years and it works perfectly for all the routers I manage.

 

[tallytr]

Afraid.org - been great for years, very easy to setup and/or modify

How are you dealing with Letsencrypt? When I tried Afraid.org it didn't work for me. noIP worked right away...

 

[Crimliar]

For different domains I have DynV6, dns.he.net, and a basic setup for a namecheap domain all running. It's easier to use the strengths of each than mess about and try to get one service to do the disparate things I'd like them to do.
*Using the three DDNS services is actually the lazy way for me to do it! As for letsencrypt, other than the router cert I obtain the certs on individual devices!

 

[tallytr]

For different domains I have DynV6, dns.he.net, and a basic setup for a namecheap domain all running. It's easier to use the strengths of each than mess about and try to get one service to do the disparate things I'd like them to do.
*Using the three DDNS services is actually the lazy way for me to do it! As for letsencrypt, other than the router cert I obtain the certs on individual devices!

Sounds complicated…
I need something more simple, so noIP it is for me.