Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:22:53 +0100 From: Bjorn Eikeland <bjorn@eikeland.info> To: Marwan Sultan <Admin@kifco.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dynamic Router IP. Message-ID: <opr2hjcfdromdbx5@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040128080221.M4472@kifco.net> References: <20040128080221.M4472@kifco.net>
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På Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:10:25 +0300, skrev Marwan Sultan <Admin@kifco.net>: > > Hello everyone, > > I have FreeBSD 4.8-R as a NATd ipfw enable behind a DSL router. > The router calling the internet and giving the connection 2the bsd > box. > BSD box does the rest for my LAN. > > I redirect the port 22 from the router to my FreeBSD LAN box. > 192.168.1.1 > > The problem is DSL each time calls the internet has a new 'real IP' > so I cannot know the ip IF im at home, then i cannot access the box > from > outside the LAN. > > Question is: > Is there a way to configure the FreeBSD box to send an auto email for > me each time the router has a new 'real IP' ? > > For sure by somehow the BSD box knows about the new ip for router. > > Thank you very much in advance. > > > -- > Marwan Sultan Why send a email, when you can go to www.no-ip.com and register yourself a dynamic dns entry, and thus you can alwaus access your freeBSD box using marwan.no-ip.com or something similar. After registering you just need to install a daemon that automatically updates the ddns every now and then. I use this for the dial up gateway at home so I can check up on now the box is holding up with in its harsh enviornment (i.e. my brothers) - and it works great. hth
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