Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic IP address services.

2016-11-12 Thread Paul Colquhoun
On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 17:54:20 Paul Colquhoun wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 06:17:07 Stroller wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a free dynamic IP address service.
> > 
> > I've used DynDNS in the past, but I think they discontinued their free
> > accounts.
> > 
> > I've been using DTdns.com until recently, but have somehow managed to lock
> > myself out of my account, so will need to create a new one and thought I'd
> > check here for recommendations first.
> > 
> > All I need to do at the moment is access a single host behind a home
> > router, although it would be nice if there was a free service with room
> > for 2 or 3 hosts in case I need to add more.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> I've been using noip.com for years with no problems.
> 
> There is even an up to date version of their client in portage.


Actually, this was removed a while back, as it wasn't being maintained, and 
I'm using a copy of the ebuild I saved locally.

Sorry for the incorrect information.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic IP address services.

2016-11-08 Thread Samuraiii
On 7.11.2016 07:17, Stroller wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a free dynamic IP address service.
>
> I've used DynDNS in the past, but I think they discontinued their free 
> accounts.
>
> I've been using DTdns.com until recently, but have somehow managed to lock 
> myself out of my account, so will need to create a new one and thought I'd 
> check here for recommendations first.
>
> All I need to do at the moment is access a single host behind a home router, 
> although it would be nice if there was a free service with room for 2 or 3 
> hosts in case I need to add more.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
>
> Stroller.
>
>
I would recommend duckdns.org

it is free and need only curl to update...

S



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Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic IP address services.

2016-11-06 Thread Willie M
On 11/06/2016 10:17 PM, Stroller wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a free dynamic IP address service.
> 
> I've used DynDNS in the past, but I think they discontinued their free 
> accounts.
> 
> I've been using DTdns.com until recently, but have somehow managed to lock 
> myself out of my account, so will need to create a new one and thought I'd 
> check here for recommendations first.
> 
> All I need to do at the moment is access a single host behind a home router, 
> although it would be nice if there was a free service with room for 2 or 3 
> hosts in case I need to add more.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> Stroller.
> 
> 

Hey Stroller,

This is my favorite. I have been using it for quite some time now.

http://freedns.afraid.org/

Hope the it works great for you like it has me.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic IP address services.

2016-11-06 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On 11/07/2016 01:17 AM, Stroller wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a free dynamic IP address service.
> 
> I've used DynDNS in the past, but I think they discontinued their free 
> accounts.
> 
> I've been using DTdns.com until recently, but have somehow managed to lock 
> myself out of my account, so will need to create a new one and thought I'd 
> check here for recommendations first.
> 
> All I need to do at the moment is access a single host behind a home router, 
> although it would be nice if there was a free service with room for 2 or 3 
> hosts in case I need to add more.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> Stroller.
> 
> 

I like duckdns.org. You don't need to constantly renew it and you don't
need a client. You'll get a url that you can call from a cron job to
update it.

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Fernando Rodriguez



Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic IP address services.

2016-11-06 Thread Paul Colquhoun
On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 06:17:07 Stroller wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a free dynamic IP address service.
> 
> I've used DynDNS in the past, but I think they discontinued their free
> accounts.
> 
> I've been using DTdns.com until recently, but have somehow managed to lock
> myself out of my account, so will need to create a new one and thought I'd
> check here for recommendations first.
> 
> All I need to do at the moment is access a single host behind a home router,
> although it would be nice if there was a free service with room for 2 or 3
> hosts in case I need to add more.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,


I've been using noip.com for years with no problems.

There is even an up to date version of their client in portage.


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