I think I have found the answer. It looks to me like a router which has
dnsmasq functionality is exactly what I am looking for. It would have been
nice to find a no cost solution, but I think this is the right answer.
Looks like it meets all the criteria and beyond the initial setup seems to
be mostly maintenance free.
For those that have a single machine sharing its network connection with the
rest of the LAN, they can do this totally with dnsmasq software.
On 12/19/06, Dazed_75 <
lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 12/19/06, JT Moree <moreejt@pcxperience.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > Dazed_75 wrote:
> > > Please do not tell me about routers which support DDNS which is
> > > something else entirely. At least my understanding is that DDNS is
> > > solely for making my LAN resident servers available on the internet
> > > despite have only dynamic IP[s] issued by my ISP.
> >
> > You are half right. Dynamic DNS is used for updating a DNS server to
> > have the correct IP for a specific host. This can be done by sites like
> >
> > dyndns.org etc. You don't need a router that supports that.
>
>
> Exactly why I said not to mention it. Perhaps I said it poorly. Basicly
> I don't really care about a router that supports DDNS (in fact, mine does).
>
> But you DO need DDNS on a local level. It's the same thing. client
> > machine tells dns server 'this is my new ip'.
>
>
> Unfortunately that assumes a running DNS server on the LAN unless the
> router were to have the functionality I described. People have told me it
> exists but I have not found one. I have to admit I do not know if the WRT54
> type software for the Linksys xxxxGL modem would have it. Their docs
> confused me.
>
> Unfortunately I can't give you particular software suggestions but I had
> > my guys do it with thin clients over 5 years ago. I think we had the
> > thin clients run a script after getting an IP that talked to a daemon on
> > the DNS server to update the records.
> >
> > Our solution was home grown but I've seen the same thing mentioned with
> > the moniker DDNS on the net more recently. There may be some DDNS
> > features in the major DNS servers in use like bind, djbdns, etc.
>
>
> Unfortunately they violate the criteria of no guarantee that any one of
> the computers is always turned on. And this seems crucial to me for all
> those home and small office users who really have no crying need for a
> server machine. This used to be rare, but is becoming more common every
> day.
>
> I have thought about putting one in at my house but mostly as another toy
> to play with. The best real use I might have would be to act as NAS for
> backups. Too many toy projects for this old man.
>
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> > JT Morée
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