[KLUG Members] Looking for a new dynamic DNS.

[Robert G. Brown]

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:34:40 -0500, Bruce Smith  wrote:

>I got notified that "hn.org" is "turning down by 2006.02.15".  I guess
>that is some kind of euro-speak for "shutting down".
I never heard this term, actually. It might be, I dunno....

>Anyone care to recommend a good FREE dynamic DNS service that works well
>with Linux?
It happens I'm looking for one...

>I looked at dyndns.org, but they claim to block you for abuse if you
>update your IP address more than once a month if your IP hasn't changed.
??? Seems silly. Let's see, why would your IP address change?
  - Power failure... DHCP will assign you a new one.
  - you run the update client too much?
  - Your DHCP lease is too short, and you keep getting the same IP 
    address, and you call the client whenever you get a new one.
  - If not one of the above, maybe you're abusing?

It seems this is an indication that their service is REALLY popular; if an
extra couple of packets from everyone per month is going to be a burden....

>zoneedit.com looks cool, but you need to dedicate a real domain to it.
Yeah, that's too heavy.

>no-ip.com looks promising.
24.95 a month? Nah!
But... but.. wait! NOW I see thir free service!

>Any other recommendations, one way or the other?
dhs.org - $5.00 per host fee (per year?), but I've heard decent things 
          about them. I also used them, years ago, and never had a 
          problem with 'em.

I am looking for the same thing, as a friend of mine is going on a lengthy
trip,andwants to check back into his home network from time to time. I've
been playing with VNC stuff for this for a bit, and the last problem we
need to deal with is this one.

Now it's time for the FREE BONUS QUESTION!! :)

[Internet] ----->Cable Modem ---> VoIP Router ---> Firewall ----> LAN

This is related to the Dynamic IP question posed above, because my friend's
current setup is as shown above, and I think I have to change it if he will
be able to use dynamic DNS. Do you see the problem?

OK, if you don't, here it is. The DHCP client of the cable Internet service
is the VoIP router, NOT the (Internet side of) the firewall. I can't run
the Dynamic DNS client (which tells the DNS service when my IP address is
changed) on the router, I have to run it on the Firewall.... but the Internet
side of the firewall is actually a static address! It forms a wee little
network, to the local side of the VoIP router....

I beleive that in order to work, I may have to reverse (or something) the
order here; only bu connecting the firewall to the cable modem will I get
these dynamic IP addressing schemes to work....

any thoughts, folks?

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