Help Needed For Dynamic DNS

[tris666uk]

Hi,
Im a total noob when it comes to this.
My problem is this, I have installed hfs and set it up. Works fine over a LAN. Then i wanted to create an rss feed of a few mp3's. So i went about configuring a Dynamic dns address. With DynDns my address is trigga.blogdns.net. Ive set that up to my WAN ip address. But every time i go to trigga.blogdns.net i get my router settings page up but not my hfs virtual server. Help me please
Thanks

[~GeeS~]

Your dynamic address works perfect from here; but please read my security comments in some threads before "Presentations ... with wink". :eek:

[Anonymous]

Modify this "Hosts" files

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts


# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
eg.
192.168.1.111      trigga.blogdns.net

[tris666uk]

cheers, does it still work, i will put a login so its secure, don't suppose you can test it again for me please.
trigga.blogdns.net

[maverick]

just tested.  works fine.

[help420me]

You can also use port forwarding on your router to your host machine on a port you specify.  This might be a better solution to the HOSTS file because they have been known to be deleted and overwritten by programs.  Having a hardware pointer is also faster than software and effects all clients, not just the localhost.  Also you can specify which particular ports you're hosting from, including non-standard  ports.  The setup I have running now at http://help420me.kicks-ass.net points to port 80 but gets forwarded to port 32420 through the router.  I also use DynDNS for dynamic IP host updating.