Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:55:46 -0700 From: gummibear@we.mediaone.net To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980918195546.006acf08@we.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <199809182336.LAA08847@witch.xtra.co.nz>
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Woah, what's this about Dynamic DNS? Right now I have a cable modem working with FreeBSD and I was thinking of having a smalll server on it. I know it migh be a no-no to do that, but I don't plan on having a killer 10 gigabyte a day transfer rate or anything like that. I just wanted to setup an ftp server and maybe a web server for educational purposes. I also wanted to set up a subnet off this cable modem. I was thinking something in terms of this: mediaone cable -----> my freebsd box gateway/ftp server/web server ---- (IPFW) ----> Windows Machine for my GF ----> another FreeBSD box for me Can this be done? I use wide-dhcp as my dhcp client. But if I have a dynamic IP and the dhcp client does all network work for me, how would I know how to handle a routing table. I've never networked before, so I'm pretty much clueless on this. Where can I get more info on the subject. I have the FreeBSD book here, but it doesn't cover dynamic IP network stuff all that much. Any info would be great! Thanks, Joey Bear Garcia At 11:36 AM 9/19/98 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: >I've been reading up on Dynamic DNS, which is useful if you have a dynamic >IP but still want to run a website, FTP server, mail server, etc. Many >people using ADSL or cable modems have IP addresses assigned via DHCP. >Dynamic DNS, in simple terms, allows you to update your DNS entries >dynamically. When you get a new IP, you update the DNS entries. Not >perfect. But close. > >I've been looking at a few setups. Most assign you a domain name which >hangs off their domain (for examples, see http://detour.net/, >http://www.ml.org/, etc). A few (http://www.ddns.org/, >http://www.dnswiz.com/index.htm, https://dyndns.com/) allow you to host >your own domain. > >To my knowledge, the public DNS (http://soa.granitecanyon.com/) doesn't >provide a dynamic service but I see no reason why you couldn't write code >to do it for you. > >What dynamic DNS services have you used? Any recommendations? > >-- >Dan Langille >DVL Software Limited >The FreeBSD Diary - my [mis]adventures >http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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