From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 5 7: 2:38 2002 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 D855437B400 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 07:02:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f138.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.15.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ABB043E3B for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 07:02:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from force2130@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 07:02:33 -0700 Received: from 156.34.213.111 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:02:33 GMT X-Originating-IP: [156.34.213.111] From: "Chuck Warren" To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Dynamic DNS Client experiences? Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 11:02:33 -0300 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jul 2002 14:02:33.0409 (UTC) FILETIME=[9BFE4B10:01C2242C] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: Stacey Roberts >Reply-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com >To: Adam Wood >CC: 'FreeBSD-Questions' >Subject: RE: Dynamic DNS Client experiences? >Date: 04 Jul 2002 23:01:22 +0100 > >Thanks Adam (and everyone else that replied!), > I think that ZoneEdit meets the requirements for what I have in >mind here. Only, I'm drawn towards using ddclient for the dynamic DNS >client on the gateway. Have you come across this client? What are your >thoughts? > >Stacey > >On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 23:56, Adam Wood wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm hoping to get some of the list members' thoughts and > > > experiences with various dynamic DNS client programs here. > > > > > > I'm interested in running some services from a home network, > > > and I've decided to give the folks at ZoneEdit try - in case > > > anyone's interested., > > > > > > So any suggestions, comments, experiences and gotchas that > > > could assist me, are welcome. > > > > > > > > > I use ZoneEdit - they're great. Lynx (/usr/ports/www/lynx) works fine > > for updating my address. I have a cron job that runs the following > > script once a week. > > > > #!/bin/sh > > # Script to update IP address at ZoneEdit. > > lynx -source -auth=USERNAME:PASSWORD > > 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=woodfucius.com' > > > > chmod the script to 700 and you're all set. > > > > Hope that helps, > > Adam > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >-- >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science >Network Systems Engineer ><< signature.asc >> Stacey - I have been using ddclient (with dyndns.org) without a problem for months... comes with it's own startup script and can be modified to suit your needs.. quite easy and only takes a few minutes to setup. Need a hand surely let me know. Cheers Chuck _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message