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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Registered: 2006-11-15

Posts: 109

DNS provider help

yo

I'd like to use a static hostname to connect to my box (whcih has a dynamic IP), can anyone recomend a good program to use in conjuction with a dns service provider, preferably www.dyns.cx?

cheers all

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: DNS provider help

They have a linux-client on their web-page...

For what it's worth: I use no-ip and their update client is avaible as an arch-package:

# pacman -Sy noip2

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: DNS provider help

dyns.cx, are they still alive? Forum is shut down and the site hasn't been touched in years.

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soylent_green_is_hamster

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Registered: 2006-11-15

Posts: 109

Re: DNS provider help

actually yeah - the news hasn't updated since 2005.

anyway, i'm using no-ip and it works great.

Thanks for your help!

eldamar

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-02-11

Posts: 104

Re: DNS provider help

noip2 is no longer a package in arch linux? i really need it and im to big of a chicken to try and make it from src my self xD

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: DNS provider help

community/noip 2.1.4-1
    A Dynamic DNS Client Updater for no-ip.com services

Also:

community/ddclient 3.7.3-1
    Update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many dynamic DNS services.

aur/ez-ipupdate 3.0.11b8-2
    A small utility for updating your host name using dyn.dns services.
aur/inadyn 1.96.2-1
    Simple dynamic DNS client
aur/inadyn-opendns 1.99-2
    Simple dynamic DNS client with SSL support

Last edited by byte (2008-02-12 04:15:02)

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