[Nottingham] Re: NTL cablemodem off power

[James Gibbon]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:53:27 +0100
David Aldred <david at familyaldred.org.uk> wrote:

> 'Twill be intersting to see.   The only use I make of any external IP address 
> is for the remote backup (Peter runs Unison from his machine in Cambridge 
> from time to time, and uses a dyndns address to do so - so even then the IP 
> shouldn't matter).

Well, that depends if you keep it up to date! I use a dyndns address for my
own webserver, and I must confess, I've never installed an update client to
manage it automatically. I just check the IP address every time the cable
modem is power-cycled.

James