UNC Linux Users Group

["Justin Brinegar" <brinegar AT physics.unc.edu>]

Dyndns.com will do this. They have clients that will auto update for you. I 
used the free edition for a while, but eventually purchased a domain/dns 
service.

I can confirm the client works on campus.  I use it on my macbook, so I 
assume it could easily handle 3 hour leases. 

Justin

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:50:08 -0500, unclug-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> 
> I've got a cygwin box in my office @ UNC (dept=ESE org=SPH) running
> sshd for access from home. This would be a lot more usable if it had a
> constant IP ID. Unfortunately
> 
> * it gets 3-hour DHCP leases :-(
> 
> * my dept's IT says they don't do static IP or DHCP reservation
> 
> I'm wondering
> 
> * will some other entity (e.g. ITS) provide free either static IP or
>   DHCP reservation? If so, who?
> 
> * If not, how to get a consistent ID for ssh/scp?
> 
> E.g. will dynamic DNS work from offcampus? > UNC's networking prevent this? 
> Can it adapt to DHCP lease changes this
> frequent?
> 
> TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche AT pobox.com>
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