well no-ip is free, and has always worked wonders for me... I use it with my pfsense box, it has builtin support for no-ip.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > I would try afraid.org, zoneedit.com or some other free service. I > have never liked no-ip, just my preference. They have scripts and > software available on the site that sync the ip. > > if your friend has a linksys router that is a wrt54G model or 300n, > they can use tomato or dd-wrt as firmware, which both have built in > functionality to sync with many of the free ddns sites. > > Chris... > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> > wrote: > > try no-ip.com > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I started a dydns account for my friend. I created two domain names for > >> him. > >> One for his linux OS, and one for his XP partition. > >> > >> On the linux box, I decided to try inadyn for the update client, but > when > >> I > >> tried to configure it, it broke. I did what the tutorial said. > >> > >> --username (his username) > >> --password (his dyndns account password) > >> --update_period 60000 > >> --alias (my friends domain name.dyndns.org) > >> --background > >> > >> as described in the ubuntu forum. > >> except, in the ubuntu for in the ubunt forum, > >> it said to use gksudo gedit /etc/inadyn.conf > >> I used sudo nano /etc/inadyn.conf > >> > >> to make the file. It should work the same. > >> Shouldn't it: gedit and/or nano? > >> > >> Is ddclient easier to use, or configure? > >> > >> any advice/recomendations? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> I suppose the XP version should be no problem: > >> just click on the exe file. > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. Sign > up > >> today. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
