On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:18:59 +0100 (BST) "Paul Millar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Hi guys and gals, > > I'm making the big plunge to broadband soon (using NTL Cable modem) and > I'm toying with the idea of using Dynamic DNS so I can still get into my > machine when I don't know the IP address. > You may find that as long as you don't reboot the modem and leave it off for long periods of time you will retain the same IP address. I have had my current one since about November. > Does anyone have any advice or experiences they could share? I've found a > number of free DDNS sites (see http://www.technopagan.org/dynamic/ for a > list). Are they likely to be any good? > I have on occasion used dyndns.org and it was fine, I just ran a python script in rc.local to update it. --- Kenny Duffus Department of Computer & Information Sciences University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3592 Fax: +44 (0)141 552 5330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
