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Add-in: DNS Updater

By on August 11, 2010 in Add-in News, News, Windows Home Server

Developer Ten Atoms has released DNS Updater, an add-in for Windows Home Server which allows the use of a vanity URL (e.g. yourchoice.com) to access the server remotely, rather than the default homeserver.com domain.

The add-in supports domains hosted by a variety of service providers, including:

  • DynDNS
  • NO-IP
  • ZoneEdit
  • DNS-O-Matic
  • Open DNS

You’ll need to set up an account with the service provider and register your domain before configuring DNS Updater with your account details.

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Whilst the add-in version available for download is nubered 1.0.0.41, I found the service it installed hammered the home server’s CPU, which prevented the Console from opening, so there may be some performance tweaks required. To workaround the Console issue, I opened Task Manager on the home server from a remote connection, killed the DNS Updater Service, and then opened the Console. You are able to restart the service from within the add-in’s console tab. This issue may not hit everyone, so your mileage may vary.

DNS Updater is available now, for $19.99 with a free 30 day trial also available.

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  • shollomon

    Its pretty easy to set an alias up that points a host.foo.com to bar.homeserver.com thus obviating the need for this entirely.

  • tony

    $19.99 is hefty price to pay for something can be done easily with other free tools, I'll pass.

  • ric

    Sorry but no thanks, you can use nginx to proxy whs box so you can login in by https://mydomain.com/remote or by https://xxx.homeserver.com/remote without errors.

  • Bisk

    Sorry, but what does this give you over the No-IP.com client that's free?