Topic: Configuring DynDns with ADSL Router

[Jason Judge]

It should not be difficult to ask ddclient or some other tool to regularly log onto the router admin page and query the external IP address. Search the Internet - they may be scripts that will do that for you. Not everyone is using e-smith, but there must be plenty of people on dynamic IP ADSL and running some kind of Linux server *and* managing to keep dynamic domains updated.

Whether using the e-smith as the router is the best method of setting up a network or not, makes no odds. Sometimes people use routers and that's what the server needs to support.

Reasons for using a separate router could be:

- that's all you have or is what the ISP insists you use
- other PCs or servers need access to more ports that e-smith will allow (ever tried using MS NetMeeting through an e-smith server?)
- you would like a fall-back mechanism for accessing the Internet when your server is not operating

So - the solution is out there, and is likely to be non-e-smith related as it is not solely and e-smith server problem.

-- Jason

[Rick Jones]

Absolutely - it's horses for courses - there's no one "right" solution.

I've run it both with external router and with SME as the router, with and without dynamic DNS. For my own purposes I find SME as the router a preferable solution, though it might not suit everyone (and I've seriously considered the redundancy question - I hope I don't live to regret it .

My point is merely that IF you use SME as the gateway, it has all the hooks you need. If not, then of course you need to set up something else.

> So - the solution is out there ...

That's the great thing about open-source in general, there is ALWAYS a solution if you look for it!

Cheers - Rick

[rob wellesley]

Rick Jones wrote:

if you want the complete setup for the Pulsar I can
> let you have it (when I get a moment I'll make it available as
> a donwload .

Yes please - that would be very helpful. Our main dsl provider here in NZ is PPPoA - we have FreeSwan wans running between SME's with cable ISP's but FreeSwan is a mission (if not impossible) thru a router as a gateway.

>
> I'm currently running 5.6, but I have 6.0 on a test box and I
> shall upgrade the live machine once I'm comfortable.

FWIW - We have been installing 6.0 as production since beta 3 with no probs. some contribs need a tweak - mostly at the interface level.
>
> If you're thinking of a driver for any other brand of ADSL
> card I'm afraid I can't help. I know of one other that has
> Linux drivers, but I haven't tried it - sorry!
>
> Cheers
> Rick

[Doug M.]

I use the ip-up to trigger the ddclient update also .

--
Doug