Managed DNS Services

We recently added a few more common router setup guides to our support section. These new guides cover the task of setting up port forwarding on your home cable/dsl common router. For a lot of people, setting up port forwarding can be a daunting task if they have never done it before. With our new guides, you can easily walk yourself through the setup process with easy to follow screen shots and instructions.

We currently have a guide certain common routers including DLink, Linksys and NetGear routers. View the router tips in our Tips & Guides section.

Check back soon as we will be adding many more common routers to the port forwarding guide!

Today the No-IP Mac OS X Dynamic Update client (DUC) version 3.1.1 was added to Apple’s download repository. You can find our client in their downloads section under “Networking and Security” or directly by following this link. With our service becoming ever more popular among Mac users, there is no better way to get the word out about our service. Remember you can still grab the latest versions of our dynamic update client for Mac OS X and Classic from our Mac Downloads section.

No-IP.com would like to announce two new third party update clients that support our services. For the Unix and Linux crowd, RunDNS is a versatile client that runs on just about every flavor of Unix. For the Windows users, Rcon Software has developed myDynIPPro version 2.8.5 to support No-IP.com’s services and can be found at this link.

Keep in mind due to the number of third party update clients,  No-IP does not provide support for third party update clients and software.

Version 3.1.1 of the Mac OSX No-IP DUC (Dynamic Update Client) has been released today.  This is a recommended update for all Mac OSX users.  The DUC is now stable under Mac OSX Tiger. It also corrects issues with the daemon feature.

Visit our Mac downloads page to grab the latest version.

Like many of you this weekend I woke up to hundreds of German spam messages in my Junk mail box. This is due to a very fast spreading variant of the Sober worm (Sober.Q).

Check out this article over at Yahoo news:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120846

If you are using the No-IP POP3 service. A spam hit level of about 7 seems to block out the majority of these. A lower number will insure that most of them reach your junk folder.

Today we added a new guide to our Support section of our site. The new guide discusses using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop (RDP) application with No-IP.com’s services. We also re-vamped our Alternate Port SMTP setup guide for Microsoft Exchange. The changes to the Alternate Port SMTP guide address configuration changes when using the Small Business Server edition of Exchange. You can view both of the guides here.

We love to receive feedback from our users. If you have any suggestions for new guides that should be added to our knowledge base or have a contribution of your own drop us a line by commenting on this blog or opening a support trouble ticket.

In case you missed the article in PC Magazine, No-IP.com was mentioned in an article on how to remotely access your computer over the Internet.   The PC magazine article can be found over at ABC news by clicking here.  Accessing your computer using remote access software such as VNC, PCAnywhere or Remote Desktop is a common use for No-IP.com’s services, especially when most ISP’s use hard to remember dynamic IP addresses.

The article explains how to access one computer remotely with our No-IP Free service, but also keep in mind that you can remotely manage and access multiple computers using No-IP’s  Enhanced and Plus Managed DNS services.

No-IP RSS 2.0 feeds are now available!  Today RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feeds for our “Support FAQ” and  “Tips & Guides” sections were released.  Now you can add them to a news agergator of your choosing and get the latest support information or save it for offline reading.

A complete list of RSS feeds is located at:
http://www.no-ip.com/support/rss

If you do not already have a RSS news aggregator here is a list of a few.  Firefox users should also checkout the Sage 1.3 extension.

We Moved!

Today we finished the move to our new corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada.   The old office was busting at it seams!  The new office gives our expanding support and development staff plenty of room so they can continue providing outstanding service and support.

During the move our phone systems experienced zero downtime and were able to take calls at both locations during our migration.  Thank you VOIP!!!

Here is a handy little port check tool we developed:
http://portchecktool.com

This tool will check for open ports and see if there are any services responding on that port.  It comes in handy when troubleshooting your network.  Specifically it helps in checking to see if your ISP blocks certain ports such as HTTP port 80 and SMTP port 25 (commonly blocked by major broadband residential ISPs).

Additionally if those ports are blocked, No-IP has a solution that will get around this block. Users with ISPs that block the standard http port can use the port 80 redirect feature available to all users.  This can be found in the member section why managing your host. No-IP also offers Mail Reflector and Alternate-port SMTP service for those with ISPs that block inbound and outbound SMTP port 25 respectively.

Keep in mind when using this port check tool you will need to open up the http://portchecktool.com website from the same WAN IP address that you wish to check for open ports.