From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 07:14:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CE916A4CE for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:14:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from sentry.24cl.com (174.113.sn.ct.dsl.thebiz.net [216.238.113.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7036143D31 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:14:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zlists@mgm51.com) Received: from winbloat (winbloat.24cl.home [10.0.1.10]) by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7452729437 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:14:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <200312271014190516.004202DD@sentry.24cl.home> In-Reply-To: <20031227031050.GA6496@madras.dyndns.org> References: <5A7907B6-3810-11D8-B806-000A95CCF8C4@san.rr.com> <20031227031050.GA6496@madras.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.09.1092 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (K) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:14:19 -0500 From: "MikeM" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS Updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:14:21 -0000 On 12/27/2003 at 2:10 PM Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: |On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 05:59:49PM -0800, Evan Sayer wrote: |> FreeBSD- |> I would like to know how to make my server running 4.9 update my |> networks Dynamic Ip address on my domains DNS servers. My ip is |> always changing because it's dynamic, so a domain is essentially |> pointless unless i can get this up and running. You could say i want |> my domain to function as though it were assigned to a Static IP. I |> have been googleing for hours, and i can't understand any of it. |> Please be advised, i am somewhat new to FreeBSD. | | |You could sign up with a subdomain provider such as www.dyndns.org, |www.no-ip.com, www.dhs.org, www.homedns.org, etc. They would have |clients which update the ip address in their dns servers once it |changes in your machine. ============= Another provider of such service is www.zoneedit.com They will do 5 domains for free. I like the geographic and software diversity of their name servers.