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Has vlemmy.net lost its domain name? (feddit.nl)
submitted 2 years ago by jsveiga@feddit.nl to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] jsveiga@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It seems dynu.com is a dynamic dns service. Was vlemmy.net running from a variable IP (dhcp) address? Is that usual for lemmy instances?

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When I was still making personal websites ~10 years ago there were quite a few hobbyists who were providing free hosting on relatively big servers and I do remember they had dynamic IP addresses as they had the servers running in their homes and it was a bit painful to setup a domain name back then and you needed a dynamic DNS provider. So probably the fact that it's redirecting to a dynu.com page is a good sign.

[–] bionicspud@lemmyverse.org 3 points 2 years ago

Not usually for an instance as big as vlemmy.net.

[–] bionicspud@lemmyverse.org 2 points 2 years ago

Not usually for an instance as big as vlemmy.net.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When I was still making personal websites ~10 years ago there were quite a few hobbyists who were providing free hosting on relatively big servers and I do remember they had dynamic IP addresses as they had the servers running in their homes and it was a bit painful to setup a domain name back then and you needed a dynamic DNS provider. So probably the fact that it's redirecting to a dynu.com page is a good sign.