[Nottingham] Re: NTL cablemodem off power

[David Aldred]

On Thursday 09 June 2005 21:14, James Gibbon wrote:
>    
> 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.

It's one of the useful functions of my Linksys wireless router, avoiding the 
need to install anythine on the actual PC.   Don't dyndns email you about 
every two months if the dynamic name record hasn't been updated anyway?

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David Aldred