Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:07:38 -0500 From: "Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM" <tforrest@mcs.net> To: "David Kelly" <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS updates with DHCPd/client Message-ID: <200012131205.GAA30125@mailbox.mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <200012130350.eBD3oK426821@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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Hi David - thanks for the reply I dont (or want) to use the auto update system. Typically I keep my addresses for weeks and months on end. To get my IP information from my provider I use the stock dhclient. However, I do run DHCPd on my internal net to provide my local systems with DHCP. On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:50:20 -0600, David Kelly wrote: > >I use the standard dhclient which is part of the FreeBSD default >installation. Look for my other posting of a few minutes ago with the >subject: Re: How to use simple firewall with DHCP? > >There is a short example there I think will re-run /etc/rc.firewall >and invoke ddup (DynDNS Updater) at the proper times. > >Normally my IP address is static enough that I don't automatically >invoke ddup. In fact the past several months I've used Netscape both >times to update my entry at DynDNS, first when I created it, then >yesterday when I changed ISP's. The new ISP is more aggressive with >only 2 hour leases. > > >-- >David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net >===================================================================== >The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its >capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM - tforrest@mcs.net http://www.mcs.net/~tforrest And now, its time, for some useless, bandwidth wasting words of wisdom: Suicidal Twin Kills Sister By Mistake! PGP Public Key Fingerprint: E1FD 1327 D9D6 3D9A 6D5E 21CF 902D 41FC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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