Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 01:39 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2008-07-02 05:37:23, schrieb Paul Johnson: > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 01:07 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > OK, so actual experience is trumped by generic references to some sort of > > > unspecified documentation? Realize that real ISPs

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-02 05:37:23, schrieb Paul Johnson: > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 01:07 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > OK, so actual experience is trumped by generic references to some sort of > > unspecified documentation? Realize that real ISPs, notably a friend of > > mine's, do in fact change his IP address

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Carl, I was running the same on my bind2 Am 2008-06-30 17:09:16, schrieb Carl Fink: > how to configure BIND relatively fresh. Does anyone know of a similar agent > that pairs with a daemon I can run on my DNS server, to track the IP address > of my own laptop and desktop boxes and point su

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 12:04:18PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 12:01 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Carl Fink writes: > > > A friend and I mirror each others' servers. > > > > I suppose it might work if each of you is primary for the other guy and > > secondary for yourself a

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 01:19:19PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Carl Fink writes: > > The server has a fixed address. > > Then I guess I don't understand your question. Why can't you just run a > nameserver on that host and be happy? I do. That's what I said. > > The laptop moves from network

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 12:01 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Carl Fink writes: > > A friend and I mirror each others' servers. > > I suppose it might work if each of you is primary for the other guy and > secondary for yourself and you set the TTLs low. Some large organizations > ignore short TTLs, th

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread John Hasler
Carl Fink writes: > The server has a fixed address. Then I guess I don't understand your question. Why can't you just run a nameserver on that host and be happy? > The laptop moves from network to network, as you might expect. Install dhis-server on the server and dhis-client on the laptop (and

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 11:49:40AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Carl Fink writes: > > I prefer to host my own DNS on my own server... > > Resolvers contact nameservers by IP number (how else?). If your IP is > dynamic how will anyone know the IP number of your nameserver? I have a server, nitpick

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread John Hasler
Carl Fink writes: > A friend and I mirror each others' servers. I suppose it might work if each of you is primary for the other guy and secondary for yourself and you set the TTLs low. Some large organizations ignore short TTLs, though. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread John Hasler
Carl Fink writes: > I prefer to host my own DNS on my own server... Resolvers contact nameservers by IP number (how else?). If your IP is dynamic how will anyone know the IP number of your nameserver? > Does anyone know of a similar agent that pairs with a daemon I can run on > my DNS server, to

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 05:37:23AM +, Paul Johnson wrote: [DNS servers] > You need a minimum of two if you're expecting to delegate your own zone. > One will NOT get 'er done. A friend and I mirror each others' servers. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 01:07 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 04:57:19AM +, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 17:09 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > Most consumer grade ISPs (cable ISPs, aDSL) use DHCP, so you have no > > > guarantee you'll have the same IP address five

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-01 Thread H.S.
Carl Fink wrote: OK, so actual experience is trumped by generic references to some sort of unspecified documentation? Realize that real ISPs, notably a friend of mine's, do in fact change his IP address at least once per day. I have experience with two main ISPs where I live. Both usually giv

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-01 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 04:57:19AM +, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 17:09 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > Most consumer grade ISPs (cable ISPs, aDSL) use DHCP, so you have no > > guarantee you'll have the same IP address five minutes after you get it. > > Sure you do, DHCP doesn't ch

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 17:09 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Most consumer grade ISPs (cable ISPs, aDSL) use DHCP, so you have no > guarantee you'll have the same IP address five minutes after you get it. Sure you do, DHCP doesn't change your IP unless you release it or you're using an especially craptas

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-01 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 02:08:53PM +0100, j t wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I prefer to host my own DNS on my own server, if only to keep my memory of > > how to configure BIND relatively fresh. Does anyone know of a similar agent > > that pair

Re: DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-07-01 Thread j t
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer to host my own DNS on my own server, if only to keep my memory of > how to configure BIND relatively fresh. Does anyone know of a similar agent > that pairs with a daemon I can run on my DNS server, to track the IP a

DNS agent for dynamic IP addresses

2008-06-30 Thread Carl Fink
Most consumer grade ISPs (cable ISPs, aDSL) use DHCP, so you have no guarantee you'll have the same IP address five minutes after you get it. Some (my own provider, Optimum Online for one) rarely change the address, but who wants to count on that always being the case? Organizations like dyndns.o

Re: dynamic ip addresses

2001-10-02 Thread Ralf Batri
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 04:37:32AM -0400, Christy Schulte wrote: > I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no one > responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. > > So here's a more general question. Do any of you have dynamic i

Re: dynamic ip addresses

2001-09-25 Thread Carlos Sousa
I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no one responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. So here's a more general question. Do any of you have dynamic ip addresses and have something running to assign a static hostname, so the sys

Re: dynamic ip addresses

2001-09-24 Thread Hereward Cooper
once upon a time "Christy Schulte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no > one > responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. > Sorry must of missed it, but I run ddts on my dynamic ip address it works great. Signup, down

Re: dynamic ip addresses

2001-09-24 Thread Sean Quinlan
--- Christy Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-24 09:50): > I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no one > responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. > > So here's a more general question. Do any of you have dynamic ip ad

Re: dynamic ip addresses

2001-09-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 04:37:32AM -0400, Christy Schulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no one > responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. > > So here's a more general question. Do any

dynamic ip addresses

2001-09-24 Thread Christy Schulte
I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no one responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. So here's a more general question. Do any of you have dynamic ip addresses and have something running to assign a static hostname, so the system can be

Re: need help to disable dynamic IP addresses.

2001-07-12 Thread Guy Geens
> "luther" == luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: luther> Since then, i changed the /etc/network/interfaces file to be luther> the same as on the old install, and when runnning luther> /etc/init.d/networking restart, ifconfig shows that the luther> correct IP address is used. luther> But afte

need help to disable dynamic IP addresses.

2001-07-12 Thread Sven
Hello, ... I have juste reinstalled my debian box using the test woody boot floppies. It worked rather well, apart from a few glithces i will post to debian-boot nextly. But i was disctracted, i think, when asked about internet configuration, and as thus got a dynamic IP address from some serve