Free DNS

[Ray]

I tried centrolinfo.net as free DNS , but they only offer 20 subdomains.

Is there any free DNS providers offering more subdomains?

[Mandrake]

How many sub-domains do you need?

[Ray]

no limit

[cds]

If you are pointing all the subdomains to one (or less then 20 IPs) centralinfo accepts wildcards. Thus, you can do something like:

*.yourdomain.com IN CNAME yourdomain.com

and that will work for an infinite number of subdomains. If you need to point to different IPs, there are two other services that I know of. One is so bad that I wont mention it, the other is found at http://soa.granitecanyon.com. There system is bit more involved, meaning you really have to know what you are doing. I've used them before and they seem ok, but centralinfo.net is way better if you can figure out how to use less than 20 calls...

[Mandrake]

Earlier this year, it was mentioned that Granite Canyon was experiencing a lot of downtime. I haven't heard anything lately, but it might be wise to investigate before becoming dependent on their services.

[cds]

Yeah they were...and thats why I switched to centralinfo.net. In general, their service is really crappy and really complicated. They also delete accounts with some random algorithm scheme that I dont know of...very wierd. They are usually down 2 to 3 times a month for perhaps a day or so...

But they are the 'only' alternative to centralinfo.net. So, take this advice as you will....

[cds]

Oh, I just thought of another one:
http://www.mydomain.com

I haven't used them so I dont know if they are good or not, but they are on my bookmark list so they cant be all that bad

[Ray]

I cannot setup sutdomain at mydomain.com
They are good that offering catch-all-email.

[cds]

Originally posted by Ray
I cannot setup sutdomain at mydomain.com
They are good that offering catch-all-email.

They seem to offer CNAME entries...can you describe the problem you are getting?

Check out http://www.mydomain.com/services/mydns/cnames

[Ray]

Thank you. I find it.

However how many sub-domains can I setup ? They said "maximum use"
http://www.mydomain.com/services/mydns/features

and are they reliable ? seems like their server slow down and up from time to time.

[cds]

I really dont know if they have a max, or what it is if they do. I have never used them so I dont know what their history is on uptimes and so forth. Although from the looks of things, if you cant work with centralinfo...this is the next best thing. GraniteCanyon 'will' fail on you so I think this is it.

Again, what do you need all those subdomains for. If you are starting a subdomain forwarding service, then you will only need about 1 or 2 entries (with wildcards). The only reason that you would need that many subdomains if they are all pointing to different IPs...are you a network admin with a lot of machines?

Anyway, hope this info helps

[Semiel]

I have been testing the mydomain.com domain servers for the last 2 days and i never could find them reachable

[cds]

If you cant find a free one to use, and you have to go through a paid one, the best one is definately easydns.com. Maybe you should give them a once over just to see what they offer...

[Semiel]

easydns.com:
"DNS Service is priced at $24.95 USD per domain, per year"

Yuk... Per domain?

[jiminsd]

Originally posted by cds
Oh, I just thought of another one:
http://www.mydomain.com

I haven't used them so I dont know if they are good or not, but they are on my bookmark list so they cant be all that bad

Sorry to jump up topics a little... Regarding reliability:

I have been using mydomain for subdomains and they work fine but are down now and then.... (6-7 hours a few days ago). Because of this, I'm moving some stuff to Central Info.

You also might check out Bn3.com. I don't know about any limits on subdomains with them.