[ale] AT&T Broadbrand and Linux

[Jim Kinney]

www.dyndns.org has been reliable (until the fire in the ISP machine
room!). There are several auto-update programs on their links page. They
are free, but could use some cash. They have several different services:

one for dial-up people who have no chance of the same IP#
another for xDSL/Cable people who might change IP's every month or so.

If you can, send $25. They appriciate it with some extra stuff.

JimK

On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Chris Egolf wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone else one this list has had problems w/ the
> MediaOne/AT&T Broadband service in regards to DHCP.  I've had the
> service for close to 6 months and I know of others that have had it for
> more than a year.  Even though we knew we were getting a dynamic IP
> through DHCP, if you had to bring the machine down or simply reboot it,
> chances were good that you'd get the same IP number...some people had
> the same one for over a year, even though it was 'dynamic'.  
> 
> Recently however, everytime I've had to reboot, my IP # has changed. 
> Others I know have had the same problem.  Since I need to access my
> machine remotely, I've stopped doing this -- no more kernel upgrades I
> guess.  My understanding w/ DHCP is that you are supposed to get the
> same IP again if it's still available.  I find it hard to believe that
> when my IP address is released during a reboot that it's distributed to
> someone else in that short amount of time.  Has anyone else experienced
> this or have an explanation?
> 
> Slightly OT, with this problem, I've been wondering about using some
> sort of dynamic DNS service.  I've seen various different ones -- some
> free, others that were fee based.  Has anyone on the list had good luck
> using any of these?
> 
> Thanks.
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