DDNS.org provides a convenient and fast way for reach your fixed line with dynamic IP using an Internet URL.
Technically speaking:
The dynamic DNS protocol permits lightweight and immediate updates of a hostname from a client, often a modem. This provides a persistent addressing method for devices that change their IP address frequently.
In practice:
Using the hostname created on DDNS, and configured on the modem, you can reach your connection as if it had a Static IP.
This is possible because the hostname points at any time to the dynamic IP of the connection thanks to the updates it receives from the modem.
Using dynamic DNS, access occurs directly to your modem, unlike Cloud or P2P systems where the connection passes through external servers.
Therefore, using Dynamic DNS you have more security and less chance that your connection will be 'seen' by others.
Without any intermediate server, the speed of the connection is the best possible. DDNS is used only to find the IP and not during the connection.
The use of DDNS needs a Public IP without NAT, that often only fixed Internet connection have.
Another aspect to consider is that the use of DDNS requires that port forwarding is also configured on your modem in order to get the connection coming from the Internet directly to the device (PC, Camera, Domotica) that we want to reach remotely.
{warning} DDNS requires your connection to have a Public IP without NAT. Usually, fixed connections like ADSL or Fibre offer Public IPs unlike Mobile connections like 4G or LTE.
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To use dynamic DNS it is necessary to configure the modem in order to allow the hostname to be updated and to open the ports to the connection coming from the outside.
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Getting Started
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Hostname | The Internet address that the user creates to point his connection |
| Device | The device behind the modem that the user want to reach from remote. It can be a camera, a PC, an home automation system, a DVR,... |
| dynDNS | The Dynamic DNS Service aka DDNS |
| modem | the device that connects your LAN to the Internet. The term modem is used interchangeably with the term router |
| router | the device that connects your LAN to the Internet. The term router is used interchangeably with the term modem |
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