[HECnet] Losing my fixed IP

Robert Jarratt robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com
Sat Jun 15 21:48:03 PDT 2013


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Gregg Levine
Sent: 15 June 2013 21:10
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Losing my fixed IP

On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Robert Jarratt
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: 15 June 2013 16:12
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: Paul_Koning at Dell.com; md.benson at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Losing my fixed IP

On 2013-06-15 16:59, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:

On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:26 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:

On 2013-06-13 08:23, Mark Benson wrote:
Due to the limits on our ability to get internet service of any
decent speed, we're having to change packages meaning we will
lose out fixed IP in November. I'd like to work towards being
able to stay on HECnet before then using STAR69 to maintain my
connection.

Well, do you know if you'll get different addresses often? Many
ISPs
give
dynamic IP addresses, but you actually stay on the same address for
months,
which makes it a rather small problem. I haven't had a change in
address
in
over 6 months myself.

And even if you do, with dynamic DNS you still have a hostname that
stays
fixed.   All you need is for the things that connect to you, or check
your address, to be able to deal with names.

Well, they also need to recheck every so often... :-) My bridge
program,
for
example, only do name resolution when processing the config file.

          Johnny

I built the user mode router to do periodic DNS queries asynchronously
so it will automatically get updated, provided you use a service like
dyndns, and without any pauses waiting for DNS to respond.


Hello!
Robert if I remember correctly, it was originally built to run first on a
R.Pi
device, and as a service on Windows? (That should be a statement not a
question, but I'm surmising my way across this
thread.)


Actually my primary platform is Windows, so that is where it is tested most.
I have also run it on the R.Pi but not that much to be honest. Others have
played with it on various Unix flavours.

Regards

Rob



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