Hi John, I am probably the least knowledgeable networking guy here, but for what it's worth ...
I've read somewhere that while *in theory* your ISP might change your DHCP IP address, in fact that is a very rare event. And there is software, open source IIRC, that will send out an email with your new IP address if/when it changes. But I don't know, and it will matter to me in the near future, if I can get my router to send out such an email. Bob On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:03 PM, John Mort <j...@mort.net> wrote: > I've used dyndns for awhile now to make it easier to find my computer at > home when I want to remote in, it just works and I don't have to think > about it other than when I set up a new router. Today I was poking around > and looked at my billing history: > February 24, 2016 11:23 PM 7230712 $40.00 Standard Invoice COMPLETE > February 22, 2015 11:35 PM 5888458 $30.00 Standard Invoice COMPLETE > February 15, 2014 11:18 PM 4496550 $25.00 Standard Invoice COMPLETE > February 15, 2013 12:28 PM 3280004 $20.00 Standard Invoice COMPLETE > February 15, 2012 11:08 PM 2194108 $20.00 Standard Invoice COMPLETE > March 01, 2011 8:10 AM 1482521 $15.00 Standard Invoice COMPLETE > Ugh, shame on me for not looking at my account from time to time. I'm > sure there's been some value added to their service that helps justify the > cost increases, but my needs are simple. Assigning my current IP to a > static hostname was a no brainer at $15, at $40 I feel like I should look > around. Anyone have a personal recommendation for a competitor who can > reliably do the same thing for less? > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * > Nov 2 - How Do You Even Test That? A Software Testing Primer > Dec 7 - The Internet Archive And Archive Team > Jan 4 - Jupyter Notebook > >
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