Re: How to configure dynamic DNS client?

["Mark Champion" <mchampion bigfoot com>]

A complete description...

I have four PCs in my network.  Three are Win98 and one is RH7.2 Linux.  I
have DSL from Verizon.  My DSL modem connects to a 10/100Mb switch which
feeds each of the four PCs.  There are no configuration options for the
switch.  There is no router involved.  Each PC gets a unique IP address via
DHCP.

Each PC has a name and an entry at www.dyndns.org.  On my Linux system, I've
tried to configure everything (sendmail, Samba, etc.) by name rather than IP
address.  I use short names rather than the completely qualified domain name
(i.e. "mypc" rather than "mypc.homeip.net").  In addition, I have an entry
for each PC in my /etc/hosts table with both the short name and the fully
qualified name.  I'm not sure all this is necessary, but everything works as
long as my IP addresses don't change.

One kind person sent me an rpm version of ddclient.  I have installed it and
tried to configure it.  Now, ddclient can determine the IP address
correctly, but it doesn't update my entry at www.dyndns.org.  It also
doesn't update the entry in the /etc/hosts table.  I think I must not have
it configured correctly.

Thanks for any suggestions!

mchampion bigfoot com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Austin" <maustin firstdbasource com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: How to configure dynamic DNS client?


> First, give us a complete description of your connection, and PC's in
> your network etc...  You may have some things set up incorrectly.
> (modems, routers, hubs, NIC cards, connection software etc...)