I'm moving and have to give up having a fixed IP - how do I share outside my LAN?

[Mendocinotim 22]

I'm moving and have to give up having a fixed IP - how do I share outside my LAN?

We are considering moving to a remote location, where Starlink is our best option.
We have lived (rented) the same house for 23 years, but now have to move.

As I am a lifetime Emby Premier member of this community, I am wondering..?
Is there a way for my users to access my server without my needing a fixed IP address?
I have a domain name assigned to my fixed IP (in my current home) right now.

What do you suggest?

[keithsrobertson 10]

Dynamic DNS is what you want.

My ISP routinely renews my IP, typically at least once a day. So I currently use No-Ip (www.noip), but have used other services such as changeip in the past (www.changeip.com), but there are many others, some free, some paid.

You enter your preferred name and choose your a ddns domain name from a list provided by the dynamic dns provider. As an example say its *.ddns.info, and you choose it to be mendocinotim.ddns.info

You have to then update that ddns record so it points to your current ip address where your emby server is, this is usually done via your router, but can be done with other hardware or software as well.

Best to check which ddns your router supports to see what options are available to you.

I have some posts that previously I made in relation to ddns for my emby server running on a qnap nas device, including generating ssl certs for the emby server so that users can connect securely to (using the same example as above): https://mendocinotim.ddns.info:8920, which is then connected to your ip address of the emby server running at your home.

Edit: You may be able to use your existing domain name you already have, to be dynamically updated with the server ip, same as the ddns - but I dont have a domain name, so I have no experience of that myself, maybe someone else will be able to confirm if that is the case.

Hope that helps.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by keithsrobertson