Topic: Auto update Website with dynamic IPs

[matt]

Hi Guys.  Here what I want to do.. I already have a domain name and a current website.  I will soon be on ADSL which won't have a static IP.  Is there a way that I could have a page on my website show a link to my e-smith server website whenever the the ADSL IP changes.  i.e. I have a page called www.blah-blah.com/elink.htm on my hosted website and this is always updated from the e-smith box when a new IP is issued by the ADSL provider. I don't want to go down the road of a DNS service and the stuff on the e-smith box would only be of use to myself and ham friends.

Thanks
Matt

[Urirama]

Your website is hosted on another server?
I wouldn't know how to do it automatically as soon as the IP address changes, but you could let the SME server ftp its IP address to the other site every half hour or so, depending on how often the IP changes.

[Andy MacDonald]

The simplest thing to do would be to make your link on your hosted webpage a link to a dynamic dns page. eg mattserver.dyndns.org and let the dyndns script in your e-smith box do the rest.

If you use this service, RENAME your esmith box "mattserver.dyndns.org" for the script to work properly and auto update, OR search for "dyndns" in these forums to find the exact script to edit to make it work properly.
You'll have to virtual host the mattserver.dyndns.org in either case.

[Lex]

if you need any free dyndns service write to asaam@routeme.to.

i am running a several dynamic e-smith-servers connected to a own stastic
dns server.