OVERVIEW:
This area makes it possible for you to keep your current IP address up to date in the system without having to login to the web interface each time. Only type 'A' records are displayed.

Cool tips / hidden features:
1). If you use other dynamic DNS services and plan to continue using them, one easy way to keep your IP address up to date, is by simply changing your record to a CNAME in the 'subdomains' area to your other dynamic DNS hostname, then you do not need to bother setting up a update script to Free DNS.
2). If you use only Free DNS, and have multiple hostnames to update, you can leave 1 of them a A record, and make the rest of them CNAME's so you do not have to issue multiple updates each time.
3). If you want to redirect your users to a webpage when you go offline, you can add the string &offline=1 to your update string, and your record will then be converted to a web forward record. To edit the offline URL, click 'subdomains', then click the subdomain you wish to edit, then click 'forward to URL' and fill it out with all your offline info, then save it.
4). If you are behind a firewall and Free DNS is not detecting your IP address correctly, you can add &address=127.0.0.2 to the update string, to override Free DNS auto-detection. To see the order and/or HTTP variables checked that Free DNS attempts to detect your IP address, you can click here


DEFINITIONS:
Direct URL - The URL used to update FreeDNS with your current IP address. You can right click the link and copy shortcut to get the update URL.

Grab URL Script - This is a link that generates a Windows .bat file you can use to update your IP address. You may however prefer to use Free DNS Clients available for a cleaner more automatic solution, not all of these are free.

Edit Record - Self explanatory. If you don't know what this means, contact me for a brutal hazing.