Just a short time after our entirely new website redesign launch, we are proud to announce that we now have added server presences in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and Turkey.
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DNS Uptime Guaranteed, Even If a Blizzard Hits
Last week, we received our first major snowfall in Reno. Do you know if your website’s DNS will be able to withstand a blizzard? Having a managed DNS solution in place will ensure that your website will experience 100% uptime even during a natural disaster, but how? If your websites DNS is managed by No-IP
Continue ReadingHappy 30th Birthday DNS!
In a recent email on the DNS operations mailing list, it was noted by Ondřej Surý that the RFC 882 and 883
Continue ReadingGiving Thanks to Managed DNS During the Busiest Shopping Season of the Year
Do you know what is mostly responsible for keeping all of your favorite websites online during all those amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales?
Continue Reading3 Ways to Ensure Your Website Will Experience 100% Uptime
The holiday season is fast approaching, this time of the year is typically where most businesses make most of their earnings.
Continue ReadingHow does the Internet Work?
Check out this cool and easy to understand breakdown of how exactly the Internet works…
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Free Subdomain / Hostname with Our Free Dynamic DNS
Did you know that with No-IP Free Dynamic DNS, you don’t need to worry about your annoying dynamic IP address anymore?
Our Free DDNS points a free subdomain (hostname) to your dynamic IP address. This means you don’t need to remember your IP address or worry about it changing when you are leaving the house. It also means that you don’t need to give your IP address out in order for people outside your network to access your network, you simply give them your free subdomain / hostname and that’s that.
What is DNS?
Let’s start with the basics, the basis of the system. DNS stands for Domain Name Service. What is DNS? It’s like the whitepage directory for the Internet. You supply a name, DNS supplies a number. The name in this case is specifically a hostname and the number is an IP address. Without DNS you would have to remember
Continue ReadingDomain Management Concepts: Thinking Strategically About DNS
Many times, it’s only after a DNS has come under attack or after it has suffered unwanted downtime that we start thinking strategically about DNS. DNS is an integral component of your overall website strategy. Individuals and enterprises alike spend valuable resources creating and promoting their brands and forget about managing perhaps the most important aspect of it – their domain name.
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