Looking for a Name Resolution solution

[Dazed_75]

On 12/19/06, JT Moree <moreejt at pcxperience.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
> PC Xperience, Inc.
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