Airport Extreme -Dynamic Global Hostname-

Is somebody using the  "Use Dynamic Global Hostname" ( under Internet/Internet Options ) with "No-Ip.com" ?
I learned that DynDNS doesn't supprt this so I am wondering if No-Ip does.
Thanks.

I was wondering if DynDNS supported this because I have used No-Ip and it apparently does not. Or at least it is an undocumented feature if it does. No-Ip does have an updater application that you run on your computer which will update the ip address on their site. This is fine for most uses.
What I have gleaned from searching is that DynDNS did support using that setting until Apple removed wide-area Bonjour from the Airport Utility software interface. However the latest version still includes the settings. So I was thinking that perhaps it would still work for the purpose of updating your dns. One thing I have noticed is that some posts here suggest the user and password are of the DynDNS account itself, whereas on the DynDNS site I have seen a support document which suggests that you need to provide a Transaction Signature. Something which has to be created from your account on their site.

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    Hi !!
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    ---From DynDns
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    [1] http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/bonjour-dev

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    after buying a domain name, spending moeny at DynDns and then 6 hours trying to configure it i found this,
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    Note: as of version 6.1 of the Airport Utility and 7.6.1 router firmware, the Apple Airport Extreme and Time Capsule routers no longer offer the ability to configure wide-area bonjour. This has effectively caused these Apple routers to no longer support sending updates to Dyn Standard DNS. If you are attempting to set up earlier versions of the Airport Utility and firmware, you can use these instructions, but this is an experimental feature, we cannot provide technical support for this setup. If you need assistance, check out the Dyn Community.

  • How Airports base station update Dynamic Global Hostname?

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  • Using Airport Extreme 802.11n to update automatic IP for Dynamic DNS ???

    Hello,
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