[ale] Grrr, IP changed

[Robert L. Harris]

I finally got PYN to tell me where to update my primary nameserver's IP.
 It's burried a bit deep.  Now I just have to wait on the IP to propogate
out and I'll be good again.


On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Ben Coleman <oloryn at benshome.net> wrote:

> On 1/16/2014 10:59 PM, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> >   Ok, it's happened, it's been over a year and my cablemodem IP changed
> > since I was offline for 2 days.
> >
> >   I need to change the IP registered for my primary name server.  I
> > can't find my notes from 2 years ago.  I can't find it anywhere in my
> > registrar which is where I thought I did it last time.
>
> That would be done at the registrar, so you may have to dig more.  What
> you're actually registering is the 'glue records' for the domain name of
> the name server.  I don't know if that will help or not.
>
> I also have a registered name server running behind a dynamic cable
> connection.  I get around this by running an IPv6 tunnel into my network
> (I use SixXs.net) and registering only the static IPv6 address at the
> registrar.  I also use two free secondary DNS providers
> (puck.nether.net/dns, and rollernet.us) so that my domain isn't
> completely dependent on the DNS server at home.  Both of those providers
> will take an IPv6 address for the address of the master, and provide DNS
> service over both IPv4 and IPv6.  My external IPv4 address may change,
> but the domain stays up.
>
> If you're competent enough to set up your own DNS server, you should be
> able to do  this.
>
> Ben
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