Domain name for my PC: how to (tried No-IP, DuckDNS and ngrok)

Question

I want: ping server on my PC by it domain name from remote.

I have:

1. DynDNS services DuckDns (or No-IP, config in no-

Answer 1

I had a problem setting up DuckDNS as well. Here's some notes that would have helped me:

1. Head to: https://www.duckdns.org
2. Login with one of the 3rd party authentication sites. e.g. google plus, FB, etc... It's lame but it means that the DD guys don't have to create and manage a user DB.
3. Add a free sub-domain.
4. Click the install instructions for your server/OS/router. I was using DD-WRT. Get your token in there, and make sure your URL has the sub-domain you picked.
5. Follow the instructions. Make sure you get an OK at the end of your logs and not a KO. Double check if you get KO.

Be patient. Dynamic DNS support will update public records, but it take a bit of time to propagate to the DNS you're actually using. It took about 10 minutes before I was able to ping my public IP. Pinging my not work for you if you're dropping it, it all depending on what you're doing. You can also nslookup .duckdns.org. Once it comes back with your public IP you know it's working.

Time will tell if DuckDNS is reliable, but it works.