[HECnet] Returning to HECNET

[Paul_Koning at Dell.com]

Can it handle connections by name, where the changing address is handled through dynamic DNS?   If so, you could use dyndns.org or an equivalent service to get a fixed name for your varying address.

	paul

On Jan 29, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Pete Edwards wrote:

Ok maybe I need to re-phrase the question.
My ISP now only offers me a dynamic IP address.
My understanding is that Johnny's bridge program is not tolerant of
changing IP addresses. Is that still the case?
So based on Sampsa's answer I can connect via a Multinet tunnel and
there's at least one Hecnet member (Steve Davidson) who can keep that
connected even if the IP address changes?
Would that mean I need to move into another area or request an area to myself?

Top-posting on top of a top-posted reply :)
On 29 January 2013 00:30,   <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Well Steve Davidson has built a system for updating IP addresses of MULTINET circuits - it seems to work pretty well.


sampsa


On 29 Jan 2013, at 02:29, Pete Edwards <stimpy.u.idiot at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

After a rather suddenly enforced break over 2 years ago I'm in a
position where I can try and get back onto HECNET.
I've renewed my VMS PAKs and have a couple of simh VMS 7.3 instances up again.
Unfortunately when I dropped off back then I lost my static IP, so
step one, I guess, is asking this: What are the current best options
the group has found to deal with dynamic addresses?
Alas FLETCH (1.100), my VS4000/60 has suffered some kind of disk
trauma during the intervening 2 house moves so it might be a while
before I can connect a physical system.

Nice to see the return of the mapping project too - rather more
elegant than my own short-lived efforts.
Cheers,
Pete
--
Pete Edwards
"There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - HMHB




-- 
Pete Edwards
"There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - HMHB