From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 13 4: 5:52 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 04:05:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailbox.mcs.net (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77C5D37B400 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 04:05:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from tforrest@localhost) by mailbox.mcs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA30125; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 06:05:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tforrest) Message-Id: <200012131205.GAA30125@mailbox.mcs.net> From: "Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM" To: "David Kelly" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:07:38 -0500 Reply-To: "Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: BluePrint Software Works PMMail2000 with Bandit Tagger98 In-Reply-To: <200012130350.eBD3oK426821@grumpy.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Tag: Bandit Tagger98 - Registered to : KE4PYM Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS updates with DHCPd/client Sender: tforrest@mailbox.mcs.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi David - thanks for the reply I dont (or want) to use the auto update system. Typically I keep my addresses for weeks and months on end. To get my IP information from my provider I use the stock dhclient. However, I do run DHCPd on my internal net to provide my local systems with DHCP. On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:50:20 -0600, David Kelly wrote: > >I use the standard dhclient which is part of the FreeBSD default >installation. Look for my other posting of a few minutes ago with the >subject: Re: How to use simple firewall with DHCP? > >There is a short example there I think will re-run /etc/rc.firewall >and invoke ddup (DynDNS Updater) at the proper times. > >Normally my IP address is static enough that I don't automatically >invoke ddup. In fact the past several months I've used Netscape both >times to update my entry at DynDNS, first when I created it, then >yesterday when I changed ISP's. The new ISP is more aggressive with >only 2 hour leases. > > >-- >David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net >===================================================================== >The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its >capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM - tforrest@mcs.net http://www.mcs.net/~tforrest And now, its time, for some useless, bandwidth wasting words of wisdom: Suicidal Twin Kills Sister By Mistake! PGP Public Key Fingerprint: E1FD 1327 D9D6 3D9A 6D5E 21CF 902D 41FC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message