Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:25:57 -0400 From: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com> To: "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Networking issues Message-ID: <89ce7f740806091025ueecbf56lb88aa51763dcdc39@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200806082019.04350.af300wsm@gmail.com> References: <200806082019.04350.af300wsm@gmail.com>
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Hello, On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have, for some time, been able to ssh into my father's FreeBSD machine in > the Road Runner network in Central New York. Last night, I tried so that I > could fix a problem for him and ssh timed out. No problem I thought, his > modem has a different IP than the one I have in my /etc/hosts file, but this > turned to not be the case. This may be off-topic, but... I am using cable internet Time Warner/Road Runner/Earthlink in New York. However, I have a wireless router behind the cable modem and the router is registered with dyndns.org. When I registered with them, I chose a dns name from them for the router and every time my IP changes the router sends a request and their database is updated with the new IP - this is roughly how they work. So I can access machines in my home network usind a DNS name instead of an IP address. You and your dad may find this setup useful. Regards Rambius Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com
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