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Dynamic Domain Name System. A method of keeping a domain name linked to a changing IP address as not all computers use static IP addresses.
The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet. To use the service, you must first apply an account from DDNS service provider such as www.dyndns.org.
With DDNS supported by the Load Balancer, you apply a DNS name (e.g., www.abcd.com) for your server (e.g., Web server) from a DDNS server. The outside users can always access the web server using the www.abcd.com regardless of the WAN IP of the Load Balancer.
By contacting the DNS service each time the IP address provided by the ISP changes and subsequently updating the DNS database to reflect the change in IP address. In this way, even though a domain name's IP address will change often, other users do not have to know the changed IP address in order to connect with the other computer.
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