# Service to let me get the IP of my home PC remotely

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-to-let-me-get-the-ip-of-my-home-pc-remotely/732987 "2015-09-29T22:49:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-to-let-me-get-the-ip-of-my-home-pc-remotely/732987/1 "2015-09-29T22:49:32Z")

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There used to be a service/program where you run something in your system tray that would broadcast your IP to a website. Then, if you were at work, you could see what your home PC IP is to connect to it with remote desktop.

Does this still exist? My Googling has failed to find it.

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-to-let-me-get-the-ip-of-my-home-pc-remotely/732987/2 "2015-09-30T01:31:26Z")

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Register a domain name, and use your registrar’s dynamic dns support to keep the domain pointed at your home machine. Most registrars will provide a suitable client to run on your PC. I’m keeping a domain registered through [namecheap.com](http://namecheap.com) pointed at my home machine on a dynamic ip address and running a web server on it.

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-to-let-me-get-the-ip-of-my-home-pc-remotely/732987/3 "2015-09-30T01:53:40Z")

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Or, if you don’t want to register an actual domain name, there are services like noip, which is what you were probably thinking of:

> **[No-IP: Use Remote Access and DDNS to Easily Connect to Your Internet...](https://www.noip.com/remote-access)**
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> Remote access your computer, DVR, webcam, security camera or any internet connected device easily. Dynamic DNS
> points an easy to remember hostname to your dynamic IP address.

Similar idea, but, IIRC, you wind up going through their server rather than having an actual published domain name.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-to-let-me-get-the-ip-of-my-home-pc-remotely/732987/4 "2015-09-30T02:06:10Z")

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> [@yabob](#):
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> Or, if you don’t want to register an actual domain name, there are services like noip, which is what you were probably thinking of:
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> [No-IP: Use Remote Access and DDNS to Easily Connect to Your Internet Connected Devices From Anywhere, Anytime](http://www.noip.com/remote-access)
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> Similar idea, but, IIRC, you wind up going through their server rather than having an actual published domain name.

That sounds like it, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-to-let-me-get-the-ip-of-my-home-pc-remotely/732987/5 "2015-09-30T02:12:59Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> That sounds like it, thanks!

I have friends who have done well with [duckdns.org](http://duckdns.org) too.