Re: [PLUG] dyndns

[Pat Regan <thehead@patshead.com>]

gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
>>How is one of the internal machines going to know if the IP address
>>changed?  If you run your update via cron it will either be laggy, or
>>inefficient.
>>  
>>
> Yeah, it would be inefficient, but the computer on the inside network 
> could determine if the public IP of the router has changed, then update 
> DynDNS.  IP changes should happen so infrequently that updates shouldn't 
> be that time critical.

Depending on the situation, timing may be quite critical.  Depending on
your ISP, you may end up with a new address right after a power outage.
 If you are on the outside, and try to get in right afterwards, you will
not have the IP address.

Since it is so simple to put this functionality on the router appliance,
why not do it?

Pat

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