Topic: dyndns and @home

[Doug P.]

I've signed up with dyndns.org and I'm using Shaw's @Home service. I noticed that dyndns will delete any hosts if they are not updated within 30 days. Will Shaw renew the ip address before the 30 time limit and will e-smith server and gateway automatically update dyndns went it happens if I'm using the client built in client?

By the way, this set-up great! If anyone has e-smith and a dedicated internet service I highly recommend signing up for either dyndns.org or yi.org.

Thanks Doug P.

[Peter Baldwin]

Doug,

I don't have my e-smith test box up and running anymore, but somewhere in the /etc directory (/etc/dhcpc/ on my Red Hat box) will be a file that contains the DHCP information.  There should be a line in a file that says something like RENEWALTIME.  The number associated with this tag is in seconds and tells you how often your IP gets renewed.  You should also see dhcpcd messages in /var/log/messages (I think).

On a side note:
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I have been using Rogers@Home for a couple of years now, and my IP address hasn't changed.  The address does get renewed twice a week.  This means I can get away with using regular DNS.

Keep in mind that I keep the machine on all the time.  If you leave your machine off for a couple of weeks, the assigned IP address will likely change (it depends on how Rogers configured their DHCP servers).  

Cheers,
Peter.