RE: Dynamic IP address support...

["Tim Tullis" <tim.tullis@micronet.net>]

I use a dynamic addressing program from tzo.com and love it. Works for any
web server as well as ftp setups.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Holger Zimmermann [mailto:zimpel@t-online.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 3:36 PM
> To: Jamie K
> Cc: pi3-users@johnroy.com
> Subject: Re: Dynamic IP address support...
>
>
> > Jamie K schrieb:
> >
> > Hey there everyone...
> >     I looked around through the back-mailing list, and didn't
> see anything
> > that addresses this topic, so here I am. Anyways, a lot of
> people out there
> > have ISP's that use dynamic IP addresses. Being that pi3web
> doens't exactly
> > support this, is there anything around this issue? It can be
> used, but the
> ^^^^ Hi,
> Pi3Web supports any IP address but this is your problem. If you run Pi3Web
> 'Remotly using a hostname' just enter 'localhost' in the
> corresponding edit
> field of the admin GUI page 'General'. Your problem is to let other people
> know your danymic IP address. There's different solutions for it:
>
> 1.) Use a program that publish dynamic IP adress via e-mail (awkward)
> 2.) Use a program that publish dynamic IP adress via uploading a
> Website with
>     the address to your ISP's host (you must have your own web
> site on the ISP's
>     host and FTP-access to it.
> 3.) Use WWW-services like http://www.dynip.com/ (30 days free
> evaluation) that
>     give you a sub-domain and this domain points to your dynamic
> IP when you're
>     online
>
> All 3 ways work automatic if you go online. I use the 2nd way and
> my web server
> could be reached from my homepage homepage:
> http://home.t-online.de/home/zimpel/
>
> when I'm online. To refresh
> the site with the IP-address I made a small program
> called 'DialupEnhancer'. If you like, get it from my web site
> http://home.t-online.de/home/zimpel/dialupen.zip
>
> or pick it from the Delphi page. Questions? then pse. call me back.
>
> > user's IP address needs to be entered into the hostname field
> everytime the
> > user log onto the ISP. (even more frequently if the IP changes while
> > connected) FYI-I'm running the '95 version, and know that
> there's probably a
> > work-around for the Linux version. Anyone out there have any
> suggestions?
> > Thanks, preciate it.
> > -Jamie
>
> --
> with regards
> Holger
>
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