Loopia’s dyndns (dynamic DNS) support lets you keep your domain name pointed at a changing external IP address, for example a home or office connection. This guide explains how to prepare a domain in the Loopia Customer Zone so it can be updated automatically by a router, computer or server.
What you need
To use your domain name with our dyndns (dynamic DNS) support, you will need the following:
- A Loopia DNS or web hosting package.
- A domain.
- A router with dyndns support, a computer with a dyndns client, or a server.
Open the DNS editor
Start by clicking the domain name in question in your Customer Zone.
This guide assumes the domain is set to the default parked setting, which is normally the case if you have not yet configured anything for the domain.
Under Additional settings for: yourdomain.com, click DNS Editor to open the advanced settings for your domain.
Clean up existing records
Under Delete, remove any subdomains and values that you do not need (for example email), except for @ and * (the wildcard record).
Add an A record for your IP address
Click Add a new record under @ and select A as the record type. In the Data field, enter your current external IP address. You can check your IP address here. Then click Add.
Add a CNAME for the wildcard
Next, add a CNAME (alias record) under * pointing to the domain name. This means that whatever subdomain a visitor types before the domain name, they will be forwarded to the IP address you entered under @.
Wait for the changes to take effect
It can take a couple of hours, and up to 24 hours at most, before the changes take effect across the internet. Once they have, visits to your domain will reach your router, computer or server.
Please see our guides on how to set up a router or dyndns client here.