Messrs. Sacco, Page, and B1:
Matthew Page wrote:
Congratulations on getting the port forwarding to work.
What you might try for your ISP IP update problem is something like the service that no-ip.com provides. You can hit a URL such as spanky.no-ip.com and it will forward to the correct / current IP of your computer. [...]
Joseph Sacco wrote:
See if your router supports DDNS, dynamic domain name system. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind a Router.
B1 Smooth (I assume the "1" is silent) wrote:
Most Dlink and Linksys (and others) router have the ability to update your ip through ddns or no-ip.com. [...]
If your router doesn't support it then you can just install the client on a machine within your network( no difference). No ip has clients for win, mac, and gnu/nix.
Thanks for the great tips. The No-IP route sounds cheap and easy (don't go there, boys!), but the DDNS sounds like it has better prospects as a long-term solution. I'll play around with them and see which one fits my meager needs (all I really want to do is transfer files occasionally, though VPN would be cool).
Thanks!
Best wishes, Clint
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