: Buy domain without static, public IP address I'm about to buy a domain, just for a personal website, where the availability is not that crucial at all. As of now, I don't have a static, public

@Alves908

There are other services besides DynDNS that will host your DNS and "point" it to your dynamic IP address. (Example: EntryDNS) In other words, you can point "example.com" to your dynamic IP address without doing any kind of "translation" or redirection, etc.
A small script on your server can keep the IP address updated on a schedule (every 15 minutes, for example) should it change.

I have used both DynDNS and EntryDNS, and EntryDNS offers this service and seems to be much more reliable. If I remember correctly it only requires a lifetime registration fee.

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@Holmes151

I'm not sure that you can do this for the apex (bare) domain (unless your DNS provider specifically supports this), however, you could create a CNAME record for a subdomain that points to your DynDNS domain name.

home.example.com CNAME mocksite.dyndnsprov.com


Your DynDNS domain "contains" an A record that points to your (dynamic) IP address (which is automatically updated using some software on the client).

So, home.example.com will now direct traffic to your home server. (You still need to configure your home network and server to accept/route such requests.)

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