On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Sanjeev Gupta wrote:
> Folks, > > There is a machine that I have to setup, which will be connected to the > net by an ADSL line. The ISP offers a Win-only ADSL modem with static IP, > or an ethernet point, with DHCP. So I chose the ethernet point. > > The machine will rarely need to connect to anyone, but, at infrequent > intervals, will need to be connected to from outside. A perfect case to > use static IPs ;-( > > My idea was to write a cron job that would get the current IP address, and > ftp over a file to a "well known server". As I am charged for each minute > that actual traffic flows, I do not wish to use dhis.net, as it sends a > packet each minute. A packet every 15minutes, or so, is quite fine. > > 2 questions: > 1 Is there a dynDNS provider, who has a longer, configurable > ping interval? I have heard of dynip.com, don't know about packages. Greetz, Sebastiaan > 2 Is there some DNS update package, that can signal my > always up server, running BIND, which can update its table? > (preferred) > 3 Any other ideas? > > Thanks > > -- > Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta Mob: +65 98551208 > dotXtra Pte Ltd Fax: +65 2275776 > Singapore email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
