On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:18:59 +0100 (BST) "Paul Millar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :

> Hi guys and gals,
> 
> I'm making the big plunge to broadband soon (using NTL Cable modem) and
> I'm toying with the idea of using Dynamic DNS so I can still get into my
> machine when I don't know the IP address.
> 

You may find that as long as you don't reboot the modem and leave it off for long 
periods of time you will retain the same IP address.  I have had my current one since 
about November.

> Does anyone have any advice or experiences they could share? I've found a
> number of free DDNS sites (see http://www.technopagan.org/dynamic/ for a
> list). Are they likely to be any good?
> 

I have on occasion used dyndns.org and it was fine, I just ran a python script in 
rc.local to update it.

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