Spinal
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2004
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- between Uxbridge and the Alps
- Car
- x254, G350, Duster, S320, Mach1, 900ss and a few more
Howdy! Two questions really, one I'll find out tomorrow by calling Virgin (good old blueyonder ditched me ) the other is an opinion thing.
- Does anyone know if Virgin/NTL/Blueyonder provide static IP's (even for a surcharge?)
- What DNS server would you recommend? I've been using 1and1 so far, but I don't have a static IP so had to get my site hosted elsewhere. Seen that I'm running a server 24/7, and that I don't get more than 100 hits a month (its a personal site for the moment ) I feel that my connection has more than enough bandwidth...
I've heard of DynDns providing free dynamic DNS services; but only to a limit of 1000 hits. From the little I know, dynamic DNS servers need to set the timeout to a short amount of time so that every request goes back to the original DNS server and doesn't go to a possibly outdated cache... as such, 1000 hits would build up fairly quickly, wouldn't they? Even if its just me?
Michele
- Does anyone know if Virgin/NTL/Blueyonder provide static IP's (even for a surcharge?)
- What DNS server would you recommend? I've been using 1and1 so far, but I don't have a static IP so had to get my site hosted elsewhere. Seen that I'm running a server 24/7, and that I don't get more than 100 hits a month (its a personal site for the moment ) I feel that my connection has more than enough bandwidth...
I've heard of DynDns providing free dynamic DNS services; but only to a limit of 1000 hits. From the little I know, dynamic DNS servers need to set the timeout to a short amount of time so that every request goes back to the original DNS server and doesn't go to a possibly outdated cache... as such, 1000 hits would build up fairly quickly, wouldn't they? Even if its just me?
Michele