Re: Configuring a dynamic dns client

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From: Tom Richards (rena0013_at_SPAM.net)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:49:21 -0400

Thanks Al. I'm at Rena's pc this evening and pinged myname.dyndns.org and
the request timed out after quickly displaying the ip address that
dyndns.org is displaying as the "IP in database" - there is also a "New IP
Address" being shown at dyndns.org. Neither one of these are working when I
try to use rd here to connect. In the past few days rd has worked -
sometimes after trying to logon with it a couple times...but it HAS
worked...just not tonight. Weird.

I'll follow through and try your other suggestions (router settings, etc.)
when I'm home tomorrow night. I'll be able to test the dynamic dns service
with my laptop which runs xp pro and is part of my home network.

"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:Oev9BA4KEHA.2260@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> To turn off "inbound ICMP" on a BEFSR41 go the to the "Filters" page and
check the "Block WAN
> Requests -> Enable" checkbox.
>
> To test all of this you need to be at a remote PC. It is not a valid test
to ping or try to access
> the PC using the dynamic dns address from a PC on your own network.
>
> One way to check if the dynamic dns service is actually using the correct
IP is to go to a XP PC on
> your local LAN and do two things...
>
> 1. Visit the http://www.whatismyip.com or http://checkip.dyndns.org/ sites
and note the reported IP
> address.
> 2. Go to "Start -> Run" and type cmd at the command line. Run the
following command at the prompt...
>
> nslookup myname.dns.org
>
> 3. Compare the IP addresses returned in steps 1 and 2. They should be the
same.
>
> You might try a different service is the current one is not working for
you. Personally I use
> No-IP.com, which is free. Go to http://www.no-ip.com for details...
>
> --
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
>
> "Tom Richards" <newsgroups@brainsturgeonSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:e5UO0iyKEHA.808@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >I appreciate your patience here....I consider myself a semi-nerd....run
my
> > own website with a mysql database, cgi stuff like message boards, etc.,
but
> > I can't seem to get this whole dns thing. I can get to my pc via rd now
from
> > Rena's (my girlfriend's) pc. And it's great....but, as I said before, I
have
> > to login to my account at dyndns.org to get the correct ip. And, even
then,
> > it won't work right away when I use the rd client from Rena's pc. I have
to
> > try a few times before it will connect and stop throwing the error
message.
> >
> > Your tips:
> >
> > 1) I don't know how to ping the host I set up at my dyndns.org
account...or
> > maybe I do...here's what I did: From a command prompt on my pc I typed
"ping
> > myname.dyndns.org" and it returns the ping statistics for the current ip
of
> > my machine (the host).
> >
> > 2) I use the linksys befsr41 router and can't find anything in it's
admin
> > about "inbound ICMP" so i don't know if that's enabled or disabled. I
don't
> > even know what that acronym stands for. :-)
> >
> > 3) I'm pinging from the host pc - my pc. I'm sitting at my pc this
evening
> > as we speak.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Tom Richards
> > email@brainsturgeonSPAM.com
> >
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
message
> > news:eFLyW3TKEHA.3436@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> 1) You should be pinging the host you set up at your dyndns account -
> >> yourpc.dyndns.org - it should resolve to the public IP of your router.
> >> 2) You shouldn't have inbound ICMP enabled in your firewall
> >> 3) From where are you pinging? From the Internet, you shouldn't be able
to
> >> resolve your local computer's name.
> >>
> >> Ping
> >> Tom Richards wrote:
> >> > When I ping using "ping mypcname" it returns the ip of my pc (the ip
> >> > i have the 3389 port forwarding to) with 4 packets sent and 4
> >> > received. Not sure how to analyze this.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> >> > message news:%2359kA2GKEHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> >> Tom Richards wrote:
> >> >>> It worked! I logged in to my account at dyndns.org and used the
"ip
> >> >>> in database" in the rd client and, voila, it connected. Thanks for
> >> >>> your help.
> >> >>
> >> >> Glad it worked, but you aren't supposed to need to do that - that's
> >> >> the point of dynamic DNS and the direct update software - so you
> >> >> won't need to remember or know the IP at all. Did you try the ping
> >> >> test to see if the host name pointed at the correct IP address?
> >> >>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >> >>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote
in
> >> >>> message news:%230nkvhAKEHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> >>>> Tom Richards wrote:
> >> >>>>> I'm at my girlfriend's and it won't connect. Yes, DirectUpdate
> >> >>>>> said that it was connected and updated correctly when I leftr
this
> >> >>>>> morning. The port forwarding is set properly because when I know
> >> >>>>> the ip of my machine, that is when I'm there and ask her to
> >> >>>>> connect to the ip I'm seeing, rd works. Du is running in the
> >> >>>>> background on the host machine so I don't know what the glitch
is.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Something's wrong in Direct Update setup if you can use the public
> >> >>>> IP but not the host name. If you ping the host name from her
> >> >>>> computer, or yours, even, does it return the correct public IP?
(it
> >> >>>> shouldn't allow replies, but should return the name).
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >> >>>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote
> >> >>>>> in message news:ucAnCh6JEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> >>>>>> Tom Richards wrote:
> >> >>>>>>> I installed and configured DirectUpdate. I put my router's
> >> >>>>>>> status page url in the ip detection settings. Also in that
> >> >>>>>>> area, I chose the "requires authentication" option and inputted
> >> >>>>>>> my username and psswd (from dyndns). Is that correct? DU also
> >> >>>>>>> shows that it is "succesfully connected" to my machine.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> So in Direct Update, does it say it connected & updated
> >> >>>>>> correctly?
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> But....my friend can't get myname.dyndns.org to open and it
also
> >> >>>>>>> won't open in the rd logon window on my laptop - part of my
home
> >> >>>>>>> network. And when I logon to my account at dyndns.org, my
> >> >>>>>>> current wan ip is there...it's correct. :-(
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Is port 3389 open in your router, and forwarded to your internal
> >> >>>>>> IP address (use a static)?
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >> >>>>>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com>
> >> >>>>>>> wrote in message
news:%23UJCaC1JEHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> >>>>>>>> Tom Richards wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>> Ok, Jason and Phil. I can't get my mind wrapped around this
> >> >>>>>>>>> one. I struggled with Remote Desktop and finally got it
> >> >>>>>>>>> working thanks to your help. That is, it works so long as I
> >> >>>>>>>>> know the ip address of my host pc. Problem is, it keeps
> >> >>>>>>>>> changing - a few times a day. So....per Jason's suggestion, I
> >> >>>>>>>>> went to dyndns.org and set up a dynamic dns account -
> >> >>>>>>>>> brainsturgeon.dyndns.org. Ok....so, I followed their How To
> >> >>>>>>>>> step by step and downloaded a client (3D Watch) to keep the
> >> >>>>>>>>> ip address updated on the dyndns server. Except it isn't
> >> >>>>>>>>> working, or at least I don't understand what the end result
> >> >>>>>>>>> needs to be here.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> I've never used that - I really like DirectUpdate (also
> >> >>>>>>>> downloadable from dyndns.org) but they should all be the
same -
> >> >>>>>>>> if you log into your Dyndns.org site & check your account,
does
> >> >>>>>>>> it reflect your current IP? Are you sure the client you set up
> >> >>>>>>>> is done properly? Check their help files?
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> With
> >> >>>>>>>>> 3d watch running in the background, my ip address changes and
> >> >>>>>>>>> my pc isn't accessible via rd. When I try, or a friend tries
> >> >>>>>>>>> from a another pc, to access http://myname.dyndns.org, it
> >> >>>>>>>>> doesn't load.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> Just use yourname.dyndns.org in the remote desktop client.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> Is the purpose for me to be able to go to
> >> >>>>>>>>> http://myname.dyndns.org and grab my current ip info when
> >> >>>>>>>>> trying to work remotely? Or isn't the purpose of all this to
> >> >>>>>>>>> have that process automated so i can use rd with the same ip
> >> >>>>>>>>> address all the time?
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> No - because you don't always have the same IP address. You
> >> >>>>>>>> always have the same *name* you set up on dyndns, which should
> >> >>>>>>>> map to the right IP.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> I have dyndns set up as a
> >> >>>>>>>>> dynamic dns account - should it be a static dns account?
> >> >>>>>>>>> Ack........ Nope. or you wouldn't need it.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>

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