On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 10:38 pm, Jeff wrote: > Hello Everyone, > I am attempting to setup a personal website from my > SBC Ameritech/Yahoo internet connection. I have a > dynamic ip. I am also doing network address > translation, but I have access to port forwarding in > the router. After signing up for dyndns.org service > and starting port forwarding from incoming 80 on the > router to incoming 80 on my linux box I was in shock > that it seems to work. I thought that Ameritech (or > SBC whoever they are now) would block it since all I > have is the cheap residential service. Any way I have > two questions: > > Is there any utility bundled with Mandrake 9.1 to > update my dynamic ip with dyndns.org (it must get the > address from the router). > > Also is there any gui tools for apache. I am reading > the docs now, but I think it will be awhile before I > fully grasp it. Yes I know it's a very insecure setup > since I don't fully understand what I'm doing, but I > must learn somehow. > > If someone could also check > http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ > and let me know that it's not just being served in my > lan I would also appreciate it. > > TIA >
Yes there is ez-ipupdate, but personally I use ddclient from here http://www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/clients.html (No particular reason. Its just the first one I tried) BTW: I can see your Apache is working. Congrats. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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