Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:24:29 -0500 From: Carleton Vaughn <keebler@mindspring.com> To: Nicolas <lists@serpe.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to monitor when IP Address changes Message-ID: <41E65A6D.50908@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <41E64301.4030608@serpe.org> 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>
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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
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