A dynamic DNS (domain name system) service is a company that charges a small fee to allow a user connecting to the Internet with a dynamic IP address to be able to use applications that require a static IP address.
Using a dynamic DNS service works as if there was an old-fashioned telephone message service at your computer's disposal.
When a user registers with a DNS service and connects to the Internet with a dynamic IP address, the user's computer
contacts the DNS service and lets them know what dynamic IP address it has been assigned from the pool; the service works with the
DNS server to forward the correct address to the requesting computer. (Think of calling the message service and saying
"Hi. I can be reached at 435.44.32.111 right now. Please tell anyone who tries to reach me to call that number.) Using a
dynamic DNS service to arrange for computers to find you even though you are using a dynamic IP address is the next-best
thing to having a static IP.
This was last updated in September 2005
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