Topic: ddns behind a home router - advice?

[jand689]

I've set up home server of SME7 in server-only mode and I have set up a domain account with yi.org.  I would like to use my yi.org domain name with the web and mail server but I am behind an older home router that doesn't recognize yi.org for ddns.  Is there a recommended way to continue using the current setup?  Would port forwarding to the SME server work?  How can I ensure that the yi.org ddns client is working?  I will also be using the server for file sharing.

Jim

[raem]

jand689

> Would port forwarding to the SME server work?  

Yes, port 80 at least, I don't think any more are needed unless you want other services, https, mail, vpn, ssh etc.
I did a similar thing with dyndns recently & it worked OK.

> How can I ensure that the yi.org ddns client is working?  

Configure it on sme server and see if the IP gets updated at yi.org
Alternatively try accesing your server domain name URL from an external location.