Topic: Newbie Help with DynDNS Client

[Gavin Tong]

Hi,
I have my e-smith configured to run just as a server behind a linksys router.  When I went through the e-smith configuration steps it didn't give me an opportunity to configure the free DynDNS client included in the installation.  The option to setup the DynDNS Client only appears if I set up e-smith as a server and a gateway, which for the time being I don't want to do.  Can anyone tell me which files I need to edit to to get the DynDNS Client working?  

Thank you for any help you can provide,
Gavin

P.S. I've looked at some of the other clients on the dyndns.org site and am concerned about causing abuse of services to dyndns with some of them.  Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternative client that will only update dyndns when my IP changes?

[Reinhold]

Gavin,

It's the router that should know about current IP and inform DynDNS...

I'd either use my router for that task or let e-smith handle it all (gateway and server).
Clients? Look at the dynDNS site or, if you have a Linux system, here is

--------------- the 'gist' of how e-smith does dynDNS...a simple wget -----------------
IPADDR=$1
USERID=$2
PASSWD=$3
DOMAIN=$4

wget -q -O /tmp/dyndns.log \
--user-agent="e-smith-dyndns.org/0.1" \
http://"$USERID:$PASSWD"@members.dyndns.org/nic/update?\
system=dyndns\&hostname="$DOMAIN"\&myip="$IPADDR"\&wildcard=ON
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HTH