Go to www.dyndns.org and setup a (free) account for yourself. This is a
dynamic dns mapping service. You create a machine (let's say, "Dean") at
their site and map your ip to it. Then you can be accessed as
"dean.dyndns.org".
There are client programs available that will go on your LRP box and
update the dyndns configuration if your IP changes. Alternatively you can
do it manually from their web site.
P.S. If you need to do VNC without a tunnel, each screen implimentation
uses port 5900+screen number, so if you forward 5900 to the internal
machine you will then be able to connect to "dean.dyndns.org:0"
dbc.
David B. Cook, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux -- up 48 days because it can.
8:01am up 48 days, 5:21, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Dean Moreton wrote:
> Hey there thanks alot for your advice much appreciated. I understand most of what it
>is doing, but being a bit of a newbie just need a bit of clarification with what the
>dhcp bit is doing.
>
> so this is entered into/edited in the /etc/dhcp.conf on my lrp box?
>
> >dynamic-bootp-lease-length 604800;
> >max-lease-time 1209600;
> >subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> > option routers 192.168.1.254;
> > option domain-name "private.network";
> > option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.254;
> > range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.100;
>
> The last bit, do i put in the mac address of the nic in the computer that i will be
>wanting to connect to via vnc?
> and inplace of host computername do i enter the name of the computer or is this
>irrelevent?
>
> >host computername {
> > hardware ethernet 00:40:f5:5f:2e:3e;
> > fixed-address 192.168.1.1;
> > }
>
> Im comfortable with the rest of the info you gave me. In regards to the lrp box
>emailing me my dynamic ip so i know where to connect to from work, is there a problem
>with mail on some of the eigerstein distros? I have tried using it before, entering
>the appropriate settings in lrp.conf like you said but still get errors stating host
>unkown, maybe im missing something, but i can ping my smtp server, it resolves it etc
>but mail says its unknown. Just saw your comment about mail and thought id ask.
>
> >The dynamic part you will have to solve with /etc/lrp.conf
> >lrp_MAIL_SERVER="mail.yourisp.com"
> >You may have to check if your version has grep fixed for
> >mailing from the lrp box. See Charles' information.
>
>
> Cheers
> Dean
>
>
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