Can you use Godaddy for Static Domain name to IP?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by daabomb2002, Sep 19, 2007.

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    I only have a dynamic ip address with my ISP,and to host my own website i need to fix a static Domain name to my dynamic ip address. Now the service http://www.no-ip.com allows me to do this,but I'm just wondering,can I do this using Godaddy's dns control instead of no-ip.com ?
     
    daabomb2002, Sep 19, 2007 IP
  2. richwest

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    I don't think it has any built in support for dynamic IPs that I've noticed. With them or 99% of other registrars though, you can just set a CNAME record in your site's DNS settings that will direct the request to whatever hostname you specify. So basically you could have it redirect to your assigned no-ip hostname, or to any other dynamic IP service you want.

    Obviously these methods are not 100% reliable and when your IP does change most of these services can take a while to update. I would of course recommend just getting a static IP address to host anything popular or critical.
     
    richwest, Sep 19, 2007 IP