From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 02:57:29 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 0C54B37B401 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 02:57:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9B243F93 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 02:57:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@looseconnection.com) Received: from looseconnection.com ([80.0.158.31]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.comESMTP <20030611095726.XWDK11246.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@looseconnection.com>; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:57:26 +0100 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:57:26 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: joefat From: Matthew Ryan In-Reply-To: <57525EE2-9BF2-11D7-87C6-0030654886A6@mac.com> Message-Id: <1B008BA5-9BF3-11D7-87C6-0030654886A6@looseconnection.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS (DDNS) 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: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:57:29 -0000 On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 10:51 AM, joefat wrote: >> Hello. I am on Comcast CABLE and the DHCP lease is >> only 4 days to expire, all the time. So my IP changes >> every four days. I was wondering in FreeBSD >> (FreeBSD4.8) how I can set up Dynamic DNS. I checked >> the online docs and I could not find anything on DDNS, >> is it some rc.x file or a file in /etc for me to edit? >> I would be more than happy if you got back with me >> A.S.A.P. Thanks. >> \ > You need the ez-ipupdate port > > /usr/ports/net/ez-ipupdate > > http://www.gusnet.cx/proj/ez-ipupdate/ > > Watch out for trailing whitespace in the config file! Forgot to mention that you will need an account with a DDNS provider. I have used dyndns.org, they give you 3 names for free. Good luck Matt Ryan Director, Loose Connection Ltd --------------------------------------- Matt@looseconnection.com http://looseconnection.com 07977 237476 --------------------------------------- Wireless Networking & Internet Services