Hi, I use dyndns.org http://www.dyndns.org/
and ez-ipupdate project http://www.gusnet.cx/proj/ez-ipupdate/ leaf package http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/sboulter because here in Belgium, ip addresses are very volatile ( at least ADSL/PPPOE ) regards, Etienne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Hadley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Keith Laidlaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "[LEAF-user]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Using pppoe > Really depends on your ISP on how long your alowed to keep a leased IP. > For example my ISP (Pacific Bell, Monterey PacBell district, California) > doesnt change my IP address unless I reboot my router and even then I have a > 50-50 chance of receiving the same IP address as before, but I know of other > ISP's (mostly European it seams) forceably change your IP address every few > hours (I had the same IP once for 3 months and the only reason it changed > was because the entire house lost power). > Dachstein and EigerSteinBETA2 PPPoE v.0.4 both support non-demand dial PPPoE > so you should be able to keep a fairly static IP address, providing you dont > have a over agressive ISP. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Laidlaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "LEAF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FreeS/Wan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:54 PM > Subject: [Leaf-user] Using pppoe > > > > I have had cable access (using DHCP) for a year and > > my IP address has changed only once. This is very > > convenient, considering I often access my home network > > from a RW. I don't need DNS to resolve the address, I > > hard code it. > > > > I now have to use ADSL access using PPPoE and dynamic > > address. My question is: are PPPoE addresses as stable? > > > > Is there the equivalent of a "lease". Is there a trick > > I can use to keep the address (e.g. ping some address > > once a minute)? Is there another way that I can tolerate > > changing addresses by reresolving the address (dynamic > > DNS???). > > > > TIA > > > > Keith Laidlaw > > Manager of Engineering > > Dakins Engineering Group Ltd. > > tel: (905) 814-6024 > > fax: (905) 814-6029 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leaf-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
