[H-GEN] Dynamic IPs

[Paul Gearon]

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Peter J Arnold wrote:
> Looking at this from a completely different perspective; Why don't you take a
> look at dyndns. You can assign a dnsname to a dynamic ip such that every time
> you dial in, the appropriate code is run in your ip-up script which assigns your
> dynamic ip to your dns name. That way you can ping yourfavouritename.dyndns.org
> and get the ip address everytime..... There are scripts for various platforms
> and works fine for me on solaris 2.6, pppd and uq dial in

Of course, this is the ideal, but you need a server which is permanently
connected that you can set this up on.  Personally I'm not in a position
to do this ATM.

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Regards,
Paul

Paul Gearon
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