Hello, I use hn.org 'cos I can get a domain working as my hostname on dialup and there's a perl script on the site that takes care of updates of IP -> domain.
Anand. --- "Paxton, Darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul > > You and me both....i'm getting installed on > Saturday, all going well. > > Personally, I use no-ip.com although I suppose this > could go the way of a > flame war regarding the best DDNS service to use. > > Your hostname takes the form: > > <preferred-username.no-ip.com> although you could > configure for wildcards > for distinction between different services, i.e. > www.host.no-ip.com > ftp.host.no-ip.com etc etc etc. This could be useful > for virtual domains > within apache, but at the end of the day, they all > point to the same IP > address. > > Updating the IP address is handled by a linux binary > which reads a > configuration file and can run in the background as > a daemon, pretty easy to > set up IMHO, and the TTL must be pretty low because > I've been using it with > my 56K dialup and generally I only lose it for about > 5 minutes when it hangs > up and redials (daemon running every 2 minutes or > so) however using the > cable modem, apparently, the IP address doesnt > change an awful lot, so you > could get away with updating the client every hour > or maybe less. > > My two cents anyway > > Regards > > Darren > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Millar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 June 2002 16:19 > To: Scottish Linux Users Group > Subject: [scottish] Dynamic DNS > > > 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. > > 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? > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- > Particle Physics (Theory & Experimental) Groups > Paul > Millar > Department of Physics and Astronomy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Glasgow > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland > http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/paulm > +44 (0)141 330 4717 A54C A9FC 6A77 1664 2E4E > 90E3 FFD2 704B BF0F > 03E9 > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential > or legally privileged. > If you received this message in error or are not the > intended recipient, you > should destroy the e-mail message and any > attachments or copies, and you are > prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing > or using any information > contained herein. Please inform us of the erroneous > delivery by return > e-mail. Thank you for your co-operation. > Mercer Human Resource Consulting Limited is > regulated by the Financial > Services Authority and is a member of the General > Insurance Standards > Council. Registered in England No. 984275. > Registered Office: Telford House, > 14 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NB > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
