Exactly. I have a friend who uses this service so he can always reach his home network by name without having a static IP. Perhaps this can be of use to some on the list.
http://dyn.com/support/clients/ And it has been working very well according to him. David K0LUM On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: > I ran an internet service provider for a couple of decades. > > The sad part of this is that there is a standard solution to all of this, the > same one that works for Skype and BitTorrent. > > The radio end needs to send a message to some central server (run by > RemoteRig) that says "I'm on, my 'name' is N1AL" or whatever identifier seems > reasonable. > > The server sees the message, gets the apparent public IP from the header, and > records it. The updates have to be every minute or two, but they can be UDP > to minimize bandwidth and connections. > > The client (at Starbucks) sends a message to the central server saying "I > want to operate N1AL" and the server says "connect to this IP using these > port numbers." > > The next time the station checks in (about half the update interval on > average) the server tells the station "connect to the operator's IP using > these port numbers." > > Because the typical firewall opens up circuits for outgoing connections, the > NAT firewall at Starbucks and the NAT firewall at the station both open the > correct ports, thinking that they're connecting out, and not realizing > they're being tricked into allowing a connection in -- it's okay because it > has been coordinated through the central server. > > No static IP addresses, no messing with port forwarding, no trying to get > your IT department to let you operate during your lunch break. > > There are a few missing details, but that's how most everything else works. > > -- Lynn ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
