First, Tom – thank you for all the videos on setting up pfSense. They helped guide me to setting up physical separate zones for LAN, LAN_TRUST_WIFI, UNTRUST_WIFI, DMZ at my house.
Sorry if this has been asked and answered, I found some similar questions, but still cannot figure it out. I am trying to determine how to move from 5 static IP’s to a Dynamic DNS.
I have my domain registered with Network Solutions for another 10 years. They currently handle DNS for my 5 static IP addresses, which I setup years ago. My ISP is currently Comcast, which provided the 5 static IP’s. The static IP’s are mainly used for Web sites and email server (iRedmail). I host a web site for my friend’s company with a different domain, pointing to my web server.
I am migrating to Fiber. Half the price of Comcast and twice the speed. The Fiber only provides DHCP, so far, they have said they could give me one static IP for $25/month, “soon”, so I have the fiber unplugged until they can do this. In the meantime, I am thinking of just using DDNS without the static IP from fiber, using CloudFlare with pfSense (using Services->Dynamic DNS) to update my IP address whenever it changes. I have a second psfense FW setup for the Fiber, so far with just a backup of the Comcast settings.
As I understand it, there are two parts to the Domain.
- Domain Registrar – Network Solutions
- Domain Name Server – Network Solutions (but migrate to Cloudflare)
If this is possible to do, I would like to keep email and web available as much as possible.
I am unsure what to do to make these changes. I am guessing I do these steps:
A. Move DNS for static IP’s from Network Solutions to CloudFlare - Sign up / create account for CloudFlare.
- Remove my DNS (A, CNAME, MX, TXT) records from Network Solutions.
- Add DNS Records to CloudFlare.
From here, I want to plug in my fiber and setup some sort of test to try the DDNS, and hit my email / web server, physically unplugging from Comcast and plugging into Fiber with DDNS. But I don’t know how to do all this. Can you please help me, I feel I am over my head and not sure what to do.
Thanks