On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:20:53 -0600 Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 02:06, LeVA wrote: > > Lucas Bergman írta: > > > LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > >>I have a dynamic ip, and a server which runs bind. I have > > >registered>a domain name to that server, and I want to use a > > >hostname for my>dynamic ip. Can I do this? I thought it would > > >be like, connecting to>the remote dns server, and then update > > >the zone file, and then>reload bind. But how this is possible? > > >Anybody knows a good howto>about this? > > > > > > > > > http://www.dyndns.org/ > > > > > > Lucas > > > > > > > > > > Oh, the good old "if you don't know how to do it, then make > > someone else do it for you" answer. Thanks but I needed an > > answer with a howto, or some help on how to do this on my own. > > But I guess you could read that from my letter. > > Well, if the DNS server you have access to has a static IP then it > would be possible. You'd have to register the domain name for your > dynamic IP with the nameserver listed as the DNS server on the > static IP you have. For example: > > dynamic ip name: www.mysite.com > static ip DNS server name: dns.mystaticdns.com > > You set the nameserver for www.mysite.com to dns.mystaticdns.com. > Then anytime your IP changes, you update dns.mystaticdns.com with > that info and reload the appropriate zone. (Restarting bind would > be one way of doing this.) Assuming that your static ip DNS server > is running debian, it would be "/etc/init.d/bind9 restart". > > If, however, you don't have a nameserver with a static IP, then > the only real alternative is to go with something such as > dyndns.org. > > I don't know of any real howto's on the subject, but reading up on > DNS in general would be a good start, followed by reading up on > bind in particular. Good luck! :) > > -- > Alex Malinovich > Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! > Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of > the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 > > Take a look at no-ip.com. You don't necessarily need a static ip. I've had aeis.tv up through 2 ip changes (that I know of), without more than 15 or 20 min down time while they updated the dns. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]