On 22/04/2021 13:50, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 22/04/2021 13:30, Tim via users wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 12:23 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> No need for that if you're using a good registrar.
>>
>> My registrar supports Dynamic DNS Records.
>>
>> FWIW, the OP has indicated early on that he has 6 usable static IP
>> addresses.
> Even with support for DDNS, I wouldn't use it for a real webserver.
> Anytime your IP changed, you'd lose traffic until the rest of the world
> caught up with the changes. And the next person who got your old
> address gets assailed with all the traffic that used to be heading in
> your direction.
Yes, totally agree.
I should have mentioned, not talking about other places, but here in Taiwan it seems
the TTL on dynamic IP's is rather long. My nephew, while he doesn't run a web
server,
has told me he gets the same IP address even if his notebook has been off for a day
or more.
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