[KLUG Members] Looking for a new dynamic DNS.

[Bruce Smith]

> >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.

I downloaded/compiled/ran the no-ip.com Linux update program, and it
appears to work fine from a box behind my firewall.

> >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?

Nope, no firewall changes were required at all.  The route connects to
the vonage mother-ship, not the other way around, so it works just like
any other node connecting to the internet.  I've successfully tried this
with a Linux based firewall and using a Linux WAP as my firewall, both.

I hate to admit that I read the directions, but this is all the vonage
setup instructions.  It states that you can plug the VoIP router's
internet port into your local LAN, or use the VoIP box as your internet
firewall/router, either way.

 - BS