Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:41:12 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Is this possible? DHCP / DNS related. Message-ID: <20050924153720.D9E7.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <57aea3040509241212371c4f0b@mail.gmail.com> References: <433592B3.9050405@nawcom.com> <57aea3040509241212371c4f0b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:12:59 -0500, Ben Racine <wisher21@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Is this possible? DHCP / DNS related. Wrote these words of wisdom: > Well, I have permission to run the server, as I'm a CS major and it's > an independent project I'm working on, so that's not a problem. I > had already gone to dyndns.com and have a name associated with it that > way, I was just wondering if there was a way to make some sort of > end-run on the campus dns and get it listed as a subdomain without > adding a record in the campus dns. But it doesn't look like there is > Thanks though, > > -Ben Racine > > On 9/24/05, nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.com> wrote: > > I was having the same issue here at where I work at University of > > Michigan. We had a server that I personally set up for my work there, > > (static IP), but then we got a new net admin for the building that > > changed some stuff - making the server ip dynamic which made the dns > > record useless. There are ways around this to make it work - but the > > admin wasn't willing to cooperate. > > > > well what im trying to get at in this email is i decided to grab a > > hostname from no-ip (http://www.no-ip.com) which is a free service that > > uses a program you install to keep their dns up to date when your ip > > expires or changes. They have mutiple domains you can pick from, or you > > can pay them to have your own. (I decided to pick the servebeer.com - > > http://lsupport.servebeer.com :-P) > > > > > > Ben Racine wrote: > > > > >I have recently set up a web server on my college network. It is > > >behind DNS and DHCP servers that are out of my control. What I would > > >like to do is be able to associate a name something like > > >bsdserve.****.edu . However, I'm fairly new at all this, but from > > >what I've been able to gather, it seems as though the only way to do > > >this would be to put a record in the campus DNS which isn't possible. > > >Any insight? > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > >-Ben Racine ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 9/24/2005 3:37:20 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied: I see that you mentioned 'dynds.com'. Are you using their 'web hop' service? If so, just create another 'web hop'. That is what I did and it doesn't cost anything extra. -- Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net>
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