Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:37:12 -0300 From: Mariano Guadagnini <mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Need to monitor when IP Address changes Message-ID: <41E60908.4070004@velocom.com.ar> In-Reply-To: <41E5D807.8080202@mindspring.com> References: <41E5C873.4030401@fusemail.com> <6.2.0.14.0.20050112203347.08bccce8@getmail.tanksley.net> <41E5D332.6060608@fusemail.com> <41E5D807.8080202@mindspring.com>
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Carleton Vaughn wrote: > Brian John wrote: > >> Thanks, but I don't really need Dynamic DNS. I just want to be able >> to find out what my home computer's ip address is at any given time. >> I'd rather not pay anything because I know that this is something >> that I could probably do myself with a script. I would really like >> to learn how to do this myself. > > Dynamic DNS is often free for personal use. I use DynDNS.org and a > Netgear firewall/router. Works dandy and saves me from having to > research my IP every time Earthlink resets my connection. Personally I use the free service provided by no-ip, and they have a free application (for linux) that runs as a daemon and checks wether the ip had changed, updating automatically the dns, at desired intervals. Maybe you could try if it works in FreeBSD.home | help
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