Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:12:48 -0700 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: "J. Seth Henry" <jshamlet@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: isc-dhcp & dyndns Message-ID: <20031015091248.594406c8.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <1066232388.61418.9.camel@alexandria> References: <1066232388.61418.9.camel@alexandria>
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On 15 Oct 2003 11:39:49 -0400 "J. Seth Henry" <jshamlet@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > I (finally) have my FBSD 4.8-REL internet gateway running, and have > replaced my old Netgear router with the new machine. Everything works > except for dynamic DNS updates. In fact, my Cisco ATA actually works > BETTER through the new router :) > > I have found several dynDNS updater programs, but they all seem to get > the new IP info from a hardware router's web interface (which I no > longer have). Given that the router is now a *nix box, it would seem > reasonable that this could be simplified. However, I noted on the > dynDNS.org website that they discourage users from simply running > scripts from the dhcp exit script. > > How is everyone else updating their dynamic DNS entries from a FreeBSD > based gateway router? Hi Seth, I use ipcheck.py. It checks the output of 'ifconfig' to see if the public IP address has changed. I run it periodically from a cron script. It was a little painful to set up (entirely my own fault), but now that it's working it's essentially hassle-free. It handles both Dynamic DNS and Static DNS. Last I checked it was listed on www.dyndns.org and had a fairly high user-satisfaction score. -Chris
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