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Update IP addresses at dynamic DNS services.A perl based client to update your dynamic IP address at DynDNS.com (or other dynamic DNS services such as Hammernode, Zoneedit or EasyDNS), thus allowing you and others to use a fixed hostname (myhost.dyndns.org) to access your machine. This client supports both the dynamic and (near) static services, MX setting, and alternative host. It caches the address, and only attempts the update if the address actually changes.
Install ddclient in Debian
#aptitude install ddclient
This will complete the installation
Configuring ddclient
If you want to reconfigure you seetings use the following command
#dpkg-reconfigure ddclient
You want to make sure it runs as a service and monitors changes in ppp–something that the install wizard doesn’t cover.
Edit the configuration file /etc/ddclient.conf
#vi /etc/ddclient.conf
# Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf
#
# /etc/ddclient.conf
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
protocol=easydns
use=web
server=members.easydns.com
login=yournamehere
password=’password’
*.your.domain
If you can’t find the public IP address, then you can have ddclient check your public IP address from the web by editing /etc/ddclient.conf and making it use the web by saying
use=web
or
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.org/, web-skip=’IP Address’
Save and exit the file
Restart ddclient service using the following command
#/etc/init.d/ddclient restart
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