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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: peterhocking on September 02, 2009, 09:25:59 AM

Title: SME Server Dyndns client
Post by: peterhocking on September 02, 2009, 09:25:59 AM

Hi

Some time ago the built in dyndns client was considered unreliable. Is this still the case?

TIA

Peter

Title: Re: SME Server Dyndns client
Post by: johnp on September 02, 2009, 02:33:58 PM

I haven't found an unreliability issues. I've been using it for quite a while, YMMV

Title: Re: SME Server Dyndns client
Post by: MSmith on September 02, 2009, 02:54:47 PM

Without exhaustive searching, and if memory serves, the issue that was raised was that the dyndns client only updated when the server was restarted.  This was in 6.x, again if I remember correctly, and there was a contrib that was supposed to address it.  Don't remember any similar issues being raised in 7.x

Title: Re: SME Server Dyndns client
Post by: larieu on September 03, 2009, 11:53:21 AM

I've used for several month about half an year ago.

it doesn't seem to make any nasty things

I tested very simple by moving the traffic from the server IP to one of my router 2 WAN's and after a while moving to the other one

each time when I deed this in the Dynamic DNS I can see the new IP
the problem was that for example if you use it for "live" services the DNS on hosts don't propagate very rapidly