i dont beleive that backuppc gets the IP from the login on the web
interface, though i could be wrong.
as for the dyndns, that would work as long as the PC ran the dyndns service
to report IP whenever it hooks up. good idea.
On 10/31/07, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> dan wrote:
> > maybe set a rediculously large timeout for backuppc and set the rsync
> > option --timeout and see if rsync manages it better. i think that
> > rsync's --timeout option looks for activity not just completion so it
> > wont timeout on a large file while backuppc looks just for activity
> > across the ssh link, which is quiet -q so large files eaily reach that
> > timeout.
> >
> > im not sure what removing the -q will do to your backups but it might
> > see that verbosity as part of a file stream and corrupt the files.
> >
> > anyone else have a clue on this?
> >
> > i cant try this out, i have some clients use a VPN over public networks
> > but i dont do backups over these links because backuppc cannot find
> > these client via netbios and their IP address changes every time the
> > connect.
> >
> > I need some way for a client to broadcast it's IP address to backuppc
> > but im not sure how to do that. maybe setup a WINS server or something.
>
> Doesn't this work if the client logs into the web interface and clicks
> the 'start backup' link? I thought that was supposed to pick up the
> client IP address if it isn't in DNS. The other approach is to have the
> VPN hand out fixed addresses to each client and put the names in DNS.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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