By “renting an IP” I mean paying a monthly subscription so that your internet service provider gives your home (which has your server) an IP so it is accessible through the intetnet. It doesn’t matter whether that IP is static or dynamic, as you said there are free dynamic dns services.
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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThere are free dynamic DNS services so you don’t need to pay for a static ip. I like noip.com.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 4 weeks ago
pirat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I believe you only need to pay for a static IP. A dynamic IP would be the default option included, and should just work with a dynamic DNS service AFAIK. With a static IP, a dynamic DNS service should not be necessary.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 4 weeks ago
dynamic IP would be the default option included
Included in what? In a 0$ per month plan or in a x$ (x > 0) per month plan? If the plan is paid, you pay for what is included.
pirat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Of course you have to pay for internet service to get the included defaults necessary for it to work. Just like you get a bowl/container when ordering hot soup from a restaurant, and just like a phone number is usually included in the price of telephone service – except that a dynamic IP is somewhat analogous to sharing that phone number with other customers, or sharing a bowl of soup with other customers.
My point is that a static IP is often a paid add-on while the dynamic IP is the included default, since you wouldn’t be able to use the internet service without some sort of IP address anyway.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Many ISPs give you a publicly accessible IP address, and paying extra just reserves one IP instead of having it change periodically. If your ISP doesn’t do that (i.e. you’re stuck behind CGNAT like me), you’ll need to pay for one in some fashion.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 4 weeks ago
I’ve never heard of an ISP that gives IPs for 0$. You get one through a subscribtion, so it is a rent.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
You pay for internet service, and some do that by providing leases on publicly accessible IPs, and some do that by providing internal IPs and routing things themselves. Some block specific incoming ports (often anything other than 80 and 443), whereas others block nothing. Most services offer an extra “static IP” service that gives you a fixed publicly accessible IP.
Source: I had the former for years and now I’m stuck with the latter.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
You can also just run something like Cloudflare-DDNS to automatically update your IP directly with cloudflare. If a domain registrar already manages your domain, there’s little reason to rely on a third-party service for DDNS.