From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 3 20:40: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from y3k.shacknet.nu (ts5m-pool0-232.gti.net [208.216.126.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699E937B416 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:40:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from shacknet.nu (localhost.gti.net [127.0.0.1]) by y3k.shacknet.nu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB44jXY48916; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 23:45:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from y3k@gti.net) Received: from 208.216.126.232 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mark) by y3k.shacknet.nu with HTTP; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 23:46:54 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <2926.208.216.126.232.1007441214.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 23:46:54 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Dynamic IP Resolvers From: "Mark Yeck" To: jacks@sage-american.com In-Reply-To: <20011204144834.A26955@nucl03.anu.edu.au> References: <20011204144834.A26955@nucl03.anu.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.0.6) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:36:08PM -0600, jacks@sage-american.com > wrote: >> A while back, some one mentioned some web sites that provide services >> with a method of resolving DNS for servers running on dynamic IPs. > > I use the services of www.dyndns.org. You go through some simple setup > on their web-site and then install a client program that monitors > your dynamic IP. I use ipcheck (requires python) and run it > from cron every five minutes. > > Simple, easy and in ten months it has never once fallen over. I've been using dyndns.org for several months also with no problems. I use it with ppp and use the ddclient program in my ppp.linkup script. -mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message