On Wednesday 05 December 2001 17:57, you wrote: > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 04:11 pm, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have installed ddclient onto my box so I can have a domain to go with > > my dynamic IP,, > > > > I have an account with dyndns and have set it up no worries.. > > > > problem is that it doesn't appear to be working.. I installed the RPM, > > then edited ddclient.conf > > as best I knew how, and yet if I do a lookup on the domain name, it is > > coming up with the wrong IP address.. > > (I know nothing about ddclient) we can tell... this is a service for Dynamic Assigned Ips (like say...dialup, where you might get a different IP ever time you dial in) that forwards your (sub)domain from their dns database the DNS always goes to the server for whom ever service you use (in this case, "dyndns.org") about which whois tells me is the name server
Server Name: NS.DYNDNS.ORG IP Address: 66.37.218.205 Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Domain Name: DYNDNS.ORG Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS.DYNDNS.ORG Name Server: NS2.DYNDNS.ORG Name Server: NS3.DYNDNS.ORG Name Server: NS4.DYNDNS.ORG Name Server: NS5.DYNDNS.ORG > > When did you do this? A change in dns info can take up to about a week. It > takes a while for the new information to propogate throughout all the dns > servers out there. Until they get the new info they will continue to use > what is in their cache (if they have something). Eventually their cache > will time out and they will go and ask for new info, and at the point your > domain/IP will appear correct (assuming everything else is correct). > > Matt > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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