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I can't remember what it was called but there was a way for your router to announce to an online service what its IP address was, so that you only had to remember a name assigned to you by the online service rather than the dynamic IP address that your ISP assigned to you. What is this feature called? |
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This is called Dynamic DNS, or DDNS. Some popular DDNS providers are DynDNS and No-IP. Many router firmwares like DD-WRT have DDNS support built in. |
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dyndns.com most routers support updating it with your dynamic router info and you can set up a hostname with them for free. |
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This is called "Dynamic DNS" .. an agent on the router (or on a PC behind the router) will update the Dynamic DNS service on a regular basis. Some consumer routers have dynamic DNS agents built into them. Or, many consumer routers can have the built-in software replaced with an open-source broadband router OS such as DD-WRT or Tomato. Justin Scott, a regular on Server Fault, runs DtDNS, a dynamic DNS hosting service. |
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