Re: [tlug] Home Server friendly ISPs?

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Howdy,

	I found out that OCN offers static IP addresses for its business class 
service and will eventually be switching to that.

	But in the meantime I tried the dyndns trick and things are working 
great.   I also bothered to reread the settings on the ADSL modem and 
set it to bridging modem and drop its router capabilities so am 
stopping doing Double NAT (double ick).  :-)

	Thanks for all the suggestions!

Alain
p.s.  Looking into fiber however will have to wait until a little bit 
later :-(
On Oct 27, 2003, at 9:57 PM, Godwin Stewart wrote:

> Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:28:14 +0900 scripsit Alain Hoang:
>
>>    I find this practice understandable by ISPs but I really dislike 
>> ISPs
>> that go out of their way to make it difficult (such as renewing IP
>> leases often).
>
> You can still host stuff on your server with a dynamic IP. Proof of 
> that is
> the 3 or 4 domains I host here (both http and smtp) on an IP which 
> changes
> twice a day.
>
> 1) Get yourself a dyndns.org hostname.
>
> 2) Make your dyndns.org hostname the CNAME of www.yourdomain.tld.
>
> 3) Make your dyndns.org hostname the MX for yourdomain.tld.
>
> 4) Set up ez-ipupdate so that it informs dyndns.org whenever your IP
>    changes.
>
> 5) Sit back and enjoy :)
>
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