[H-GEN] Telstra ADSL

[Sarah Walters]

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Sorry, I didn't mention that. DynDNS have several clients, for various 
OSes. The script I'm using is written in Python
On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 09:59:31AM +1000, Rick Phillips wrote:
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> And for the sake of alternatives - there is DNS2GO which provides a Linux
> Client
> as well as Windows Clients.  The service is free for non commercial use.
> 
> See www.dns2go.com - it's part of Deerfield who are famous for Wingate.the
> Windows firewall and routing software.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick
> 
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> Sarah Walters
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> Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Telstra ADSL
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> On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 11:02:30PM +1000, Robert Brockway wrote:
> > I've setup a Linux (RH 7.3) box to connect to Bigpond ADSL using the
> > rp-pppoe package (it even came with directions for Bigpond :)
> We're set up with the four-port modem operating in bridging mode to the
> linux
> box and haven't had any problems.
> 
> > The box is now (apparently) uncontactable [1].  To make matters worse it
> > keeps changing IP on each ADSL restart & I'm getting the people onsite to
> > browse from a windows box behind the Linux server to a web page I control
> > so I can spot the new IP (these people know _nothing_ about unix).  Due to
> > the other problems I have not yet implemented a script to mailout the IP
> > to myself & the owner (the link lockups are hampering development
> > somewhat).
> 
> My suggestion to you is get a Dynamic DNS rather than sending the email. You
> will need a real domain name to send email to some servers anyway, as
> sendmail
> can be configured to bounce mail that isn't from a real domain name.
> 
> We are using dyndns.org. They're free for limited personal use. I'm sure
> you could find an Australian company that does dynamic DNS. As part of our
> script that connects to adsl we run another script that logs in to the
> dyndns
> server and submits our new IP. So all we have to do to find our box is
> ssh walters.dyndns.org.
> 
> Sorry I can't help with your core problem, but once you have it sorted out
> think about dynamic DNS rather than email.
> 
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