From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 11:22:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33CE16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:22:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from maynard.mail.mindspring.net (maynard.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.243]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B7F943D31 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:22:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keebler@mindspring.com) Received: from user-1121ui1.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.250.65] helo=[192.168.1.100]) by maynard.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Cp341-0007TL-00; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:22:53 -0500 Message-ID: <41E65A6D.50908@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:24:29 -0500 From: Carleton Vaughn User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nicolas References: <41E5C873.4030401@fusemail.com> <6.2.0.14.0.20050112203347.08bccce8@getmail.tanksley.net> <41E5D332.6060608@fusemail.com> <41E5D807.8080202@mindspring.com> <41E64301.4030608@serpe.org> In-Reply-To: <41E64301.4030608@serpe.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Brian John cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to monitor when IP Address changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:22:56 -0000 Nicolas wrote: > Carleton Vaughn wrote: >> 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. > > Are you really sure that they provide a Dynamic DNS for free ? Their > free service just maps a free url (like "you.dyndns.org") to your IP. I'm not sure what you mean by "URL" as all traffic to you.dyndns.org gets routed to your IP. I have a subdomain under their *.homeunix.net domain and use it to SSH home from school. I view this free and convenient service more than satisfactory for personal use. The thread originator said he was willing to locate his machine by IP only; it follows that if he uses a naming service, he may not be particular about *what* name he uses, provided there exists *a* name. > If you want to update real DNS entries on your own domain (like > "you.com"), you have to pay for the extra "Custom DNS" service. $30 a > year or something. This should come as no surprise and I am grateful to anyone who uses Custom DNS as it subsidizes the free service I take advantage of. > Do someone know of a good real dynamic DNS update service (with your own > domain) ? By good you mean free? http://www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/freedns.shtml may provide some pointers. -- Carleton Vaughn College Park, Georgia, USA