ddns who is the best?

[Tuskenraider]

Which DDNS company does everyone use? I am on the edge of making a choice and i didn't know which company was the best to use.  I do own a domain name www.aguyincookeville.com that is accessed currently through another website that i have hosted through 3essentials.   I want to eliminate the reoccurring cost of hosting.  So what DDNS company do you use?? 

rejetto - sorry if this is the wrong place for this question but i didnt know where else to turn. 

thank you all in advance

tuskenraider

[TSG]

I use, www.dyndns.com for my dynamic dns. It'd free, and the addresses arent too complex, you can get a smaller one with tip dots, thats what giant eagle uses.. i cannot find the url though... the address will go www.server.nl.tp or something, and with dyndyn it can vary, i like to use server.homeftp.net

[Foggy]

I use www.dnip.net I think its a lot better then dyndns because you get better features/freedom with it.
one feature is that you can get your *.dnip.net name to point to your own dns server, so you can create as many sub domains as you want also it doesnt restrict what ports can be used with it and email, etc as by memory dyndns does.

[TSG]

Might check them out foggy i'm looking for a shorter dns for my one.

[calkster]

I use www.no-ip.com its easy and works well with HFS. they have a tool that you download and it auto fixes your Ip from your ISp if it changes automatically.

[TSG]

Ye dyndns has that aswell, and hfs has an inbuilt one, i have also noticed many broadband routers have dynamic dns updaters.

[Foggy]

i have also noticed many broadband routers have dynamic dns updaters.

I've noticed that too but unfortunatly most only offer them for certain ddns, ie you cant set up a custom ddns.

also, if anyone is using dnip.net the update url to use in the hfs updater is
http://www.dnip.net/update.cgi?id=<username>&password=<password>&step=2&address=%ip%

just simply copy that and replace <username> and <password> with your user/pass.