[wellylug] DynDNs

[Colin Templeman]

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on 25/06/2010 02:54 E Chalaron said:

> So first point : any service provider to rely on ?
> second point : any router/ ADLS modem anyone can recommend ?

Hi Ed,
I've been using a netgear DG834G with a DynDNS account for over 5 years.  In
that time I haven't had a reason to change either.  The DG843G gives excellent
uptime and can maintain a link over very low SNR lines where other router-modems
fail.  I've installed the DGteam firmware** http://dgteam.ilbello.com/ which I
prefer to standard netgear firmware (it adds extra functionality like SSH router
access, enhanced iptables and a number of other enhancements).  In addition to
DynDNS, it also incorporates support for No-IP as another dynamic DNS provider
option.

As Callum mentioned, there are also a number of software based DynDNS
clients/scripts that provide the same function.  In the past, I've used this
method to remotely manage my parent's pc and I've found the DynDNS records
update pretty quickly - typically within a minute of boot-up and certainly
within two.  That said, personally I find the router based approach preferable
since I can also use Wake-on-Lan with a dynamic IP for those machines that
aren't running 24/7.


** [Needless to say, I would recommend a google for other people's opinions on
DGTeam since it isn't official software with all that entails :)]
- -- 
Colin Templeman
On Tour in the UK

"Teach it Phenomenology, Doolittle".
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