From: "Andy Willis" <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:39:34 -0600
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Subject: Re: [eCS-ISP] GoDaddy DDNS
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 1:19 PM Al Savage <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com> wrote:

> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something in this DDNS discussion . . . it
> all sounds so difficult.  Maybe I've got it easy?  Perhaps I am not
> doing things professionally?
>
> I have a hobby server, which was OS/2-based from 1997 until last year.
> My (several) domain names are defined by dyn.com (formerly dyndns, now
> Oracle), for about twenty years.  I pay $15/year (I think).  That gets
> me basic DNS<->IP lookup.  I have residential broadband service, whose
> IP changes on a whim: it may remain the same for six months, or change
> three times in a day.
>
> When I was an OS/2 shop, I ran a java client that monitored changes to
> the WAN IP, and it used the dyndns API to update my IP in their DNS,
> which propagated out to other DNSs.  This worked well for around fifteen
> years.
>
> Then, I changed to a router that offered to do this service on its own,
> so I disabled the OS/2 java client and used the router to update my IP
> with dyndns' DNS.  Since a year or so ago, that got flaky (probably a
> change in dyndns' API, and my old hardware router had no firmware update
> available), so I now use a Linux client (supplied as a Debian package, I
> believe) on a local Ubuntu server to manage the IP updates to dyndns.
>
> Is what you're discussing some variation of what I'm doing with $15/year
> dyn.com and a free Debian IP updater client?  Or something else?
>
Sounds like the same thing.  I've not needed it before but knew Lewis now
is a reseller for godaddy and if I am going to buy a service, I figured to
check that route first.  I want my router to do it as it will handle it at
each IP change.

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D=
"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 1:19 PM Al Savage &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com">ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Perhaps I&#39;m misunderstanding something in =
this DDNS discussion . . . it<br>
all sounds so difficult.=C2=A0 Maybe I&#39;ve got it easy?=C2=A0 Perhaps I =
am not<br>
doing things professionally?<br>
<br>
I have a hobby server, which was OS/2-based from 1997 until last year.=C2=
=A0<br>
My (several) domain names are defined by <a href=3D"http://dyn.com" rel=3D"=
noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">dyn.com</a> (formerly dyndns, now<=
br>
Oracle), for about twenty years.=C2=A0 I pay $15/year (I think).=C2=A0 That=
 gets<br>
me basic DNS&lt;-&gt;IP lookup.=C2=A0 I have residential broadband service,=
 whose<br>
IP changes on a whim: it may remain the same for six months, or change<br>
three times in a day.<br>
<br>
When I was an OS/2 shop, I ran a java client that monitored changes to<br>
the WAN IP, and it used the dyndns API to update my IP in their DNS,<br>
which propagated out to other DNSs.=C2=A0 This worked well for around fifte=
en<br>
years.<br>
<br>
Then, I changed to a router that offered to do this service on its own,<br>
so I disabled the OS/2 java client and used the router to update my IP<br>
with dyndns&#39; DNS.=C2=A0 Since a year or so ago, that got flaky (probabl=
y a<br>
change in dyndns&#39; API, and my old hardware router had no firmware updat=
e<br>
available), so I now use a Linux client (supplied as a Debian package, I<br=
>
believe) on a local Ubuntu server to manage the IP updates to dyndns.<br>
<br>
Is what you&#39;re discussing some variation of what I&#39;m doing with $15=
/year<br>
<a href=3D"http://dyn.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">=
dyn.com</a> and a free Debian IP updater client?=C2=A0 Or something else?<b=
r></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto">Sounds like the same thing.=C2=
=A0 I&#39;ve not needed it before but knew Lewis now is a reseller for goda=
ddy and if I am going to buy a service, I figured to check that route first=
.=C2=A0 I want my router to do it as it will handle it at each IP change.</=
div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
1ex">
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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