[KLUG Members] Looking for a new dynamic DNS.

[Robert G. Brown]

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:13:50 -0500, Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com> wrote:
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>I got to looking at them because my Linksys WAP supports then in the
>firmware.  Then I read in the dyndns.org docs that some Linksys routers
>have a bug in the update program in their firmware ...   :(

And they go on to say that you outghtta check with Linksys to see if they have
an update for their firmware. I may check this VoIP router to see if their
firmware has dynamic DNS capability.

>I think I'd like to run two of these services to be safe.  
>(as long as they are both free :)
Or more!

>>From what I read, that shouldn't be a problem.  hn.org used a simple
>'wget' program (with http authentication) to update their IP.  The
>request appears to come from the public IP address, just like you were
>surfing any web site.
Yeah, I'm thinking of writing a little cronjob that runs curl or wget to
some URL that reportes the public IP address, and then mailing that out to the 
guy's yahoo mail (or whatever) address. That way, he can find out his IP
in case the whle ddyns thing falls apart.

>Other dyn dns services seem to use similar update procedures.  no-ip.com
>says their program works behind a firewall.
I can see how that would work, or course, BUT, I want to know from someone who 
has used these services (with something like the configuration documents) if 
it actually DOES work, or if I gotta bag it and plug things in differently.

>The only way to be sure is to try it.
Thank you, Mister Scuentist! :)

>Is the VoIP route Vonage?
Either them or Lingo. Technically, these two look about the same to me.

>If so, I simply plugged my vonage router internet port into my local
>LAN switch.  It gets an IP from my LAN's
>DHCP server, and works fine.  No need for an extra hop.
That's nice to know. Did you hafta open any ports in your FW?

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