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  • From: "Justin Brinegar" <brinegar AT physics.unc.edu>
  • To: unclug AT lists.ibiblio.org, "Tom Roche" <Tom_Roche AT pobox.com>
  • Subject: Re: [unclug] static IP or DNS on-campus, for access off-campus
  • Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:15:05 -0500

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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