Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 20:08:56 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web hosting with a dynamic IP address question Message-ID: <3A27F748.2040400@i-clue.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011302214250.42314-100000@shazam.int>
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Jim Durham wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, David Banning wrote: > >> Thanks for your response - >> >> Before I do all that - is it possible to find out what my running >> IP address currently is, and access my computer by typing >> http://123.456.7.8/myfiles.html >> >> or some such thing in my browser? >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 09:54:35AM -0800, tim hobbs wrote: >> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> >>>> I would like to call into my computer and access it >>>> like a web host >>>> from somewhere else on the web. My thought is that >>>> this should be possible >>>> if my IP address is known. >>> >>> This is how I am doing it, if this helps: >>> > > Interesting! I have been wondering about dynamic dns. What do > they do about caching name servers? I find that changing the > DNS entry takes a couple days to propagate.. You may set the time until your A and PTR records expire in your DNS zone file. Dynamic DNS usually set it to very low values (about five minutes). Thus, a change in your IP will expire from all caches in about that time. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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