Monday, January 17, 2011

DynDNS 1.1.5 with a setting to not update when connecting to Wi-Fi

A lot of people have asked for a setting so that DynDNS doesn't send updates when connecting to Wi-Fi. This is supposed to prevent the DynDNS provider from banning you for abuse.

I have added this setting.

I'm not convinced it's going to work very well, because when you connect back to the phone network you'll probably get a new IP address and so it'll send an update. Some providers will ban you for sending too many updates, even if the IP address is changing. If you're walking around the house and the Wi-Fi is periodically connecting and disconnecting then you'll still send a lot of updates and get banned.

But anyway, now you've got that setting. I hope it works.