Setting alias for DynDNS domain

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Published on 2011-02-11T07:46:16Z Indexed on 2011/02/23 7:26 UTC
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Hey all,

I've created DynDNS domain for testing my local sites, and i'm having trouble with pointing to root domain.

From my registrar (GoDaddy) I've created a CNAME for www to point my example.dyndns.com

so going to url www.example.com I'm reaching my site.

But if I'm going to example.com I'm reaching to the IP of the A record. I can't set the IP for the A record to be my IP because I have dynamic IP, and it changes constatly, and I can't point the A record to domain, only IP.

When trying to create CNAME record @ to point example.dyndns.com I'm getting error "A record of a different type exists for the hostname @, could not create CNAME"

The only record using the '@' host are NS record, which I can't delete, and when tried to set another NS record with @ point to example.dyndns.com, I've lost connection to my site :)

So what can I do to get example.com url reach my site?

Thanx!

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