Re: Configuring a dynamic dns client

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From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:51:10 -0500

Glad its working... 

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    Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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"Tom Richards" <newsgroups@brainsturgeonSPAM.com> wrote in message 
news:OcN256JLEHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Well, it worked! Turns out that the reason I couldn't get to my host pc last
> night was a power failure at my house - the machine was off. But rena was
> able to connect to me by typing myname.dyndns.org in the rd logon window!
>
> -- 
>
> Tom Richards
> email@brainsturgeonSPAM.com
>
>
> "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...
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> 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 "i
> p
>> >> >>> 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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