On Sep 12, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Steve G. wrote:
Could someone recommend a security system that would allow me to keep an eye on the place from the US or Central America? Is there a system that I can connect wirelessly to the DSL modem, which will broadcast its name or ip address for access (without a membership in a for-fee service)? If not what hardware/software do you recommend for ubuntu (preferably) or windows xp that can accomplish the same through the computer?
For that I use DYNDNS.org. They allow you up to 5 names (per free membership) using their domains. It's not very good for a commercial operation, but for someone who wants what is a random domain name it's fine. Every router I have seen in the last 5 years supports them out of the box.
If you wanted to keep your own domain name, you can use them for the DNS servers. It's about $30 a year, but they only take credit cards, not paypal.
When the router connects it updates your IP address automatically. Geoff.
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