RE: Service for those without ADSL

["John McManus" <jpm.egroup1@xxxxxxx>]

I do things a little differently (because of the kit I have & the BT
Anytime
ISP connection that I use).

Homeseer
Comfort
ISDN router

Every 5 minutes, Homeseer script queries a web page to get the current
IP
address (accessing www.ip-address.com causes the router to bring up the
anytime connection).

Having got the current IP address, create a web page that has two links
to
Homeseer & Comfort (running on my home server).

Create a WML formatted page with the status of the Comfort sensors /
X10
status.

FTP these two pages to my web space on the ISP.

Check if there are any emails containing "commands" to be
processed by
Homeseer (e.g. keep the ISP connection up for 10 minutes).

The router will drop the connection after the defined period (I
currently
have it set to drop after 20 seconds of inactivity).

The home server runs w2k and is pretty reliable... should it need to be
restarted, I phone up Comfort & it can shutdown / restart the
server.

So with my WAP enabled phone, I can check the current status of the
house
(see the last time the front door was opened etc) and can browse to the
web
page on my ISP to see the current IP address being used by my home
server
(may have to wait up to 5 minutes for the next 'connection' to be
established (pc clock synchronised so the connection is brought up on
the
hour and then at 5 minute intervals)).

The router is configured with a 'time limit' to ensure that I don't
exceed
BT Anytimes 12 hour limit... so far they have not complained about
several
hundred call connections / day.

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 September 2002 00:09
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Service for those without ADSL


I have set up a service that might be of interest for those of you who
like me have no ADSL but still want to connect to their home server
from
the internet.

Using a server I have colocated at my ISP (i.e. it has a permanent
connection to the net) I have set up various web pages that cause my
home server to connect and log it's current IP and then go on to create
a oage with connections back to the server. There are also pages for
maintenance including connection scheduling and everything is password
controlled.

It works as follows:
1. Server details (name, connection codes and passwords) are set up on
the colo server.
2. The home server is left with a browser window open on a specific url
(located on the colo server).
3. The page is set to refresh according to a schedule that is
maintained
through web pages.
4. Every time the page refreshes, the current IP address is captured
and
recorded in the database on the colo server.
5. Another page on the colo server is used to hold links to the home
server and these links will be automatically updated with the IP
address
>from
6. Passwords, links and schedule can all be maintained online.

If you want to see the application in action then go here
http://www.Solarfish.com/homeconnect/homeview.asp?AccessCode=user1&Acces
sPassword=pass1 to see a page linking back to the home server (note
that
the IP address is not valid so the actual links will not work). There
is
also an icon for logging on to maintenance screens (code is user2,
password is pass2). Once you have logged on, then refreshing the
http://www.Solarfish.com/homeconnect/homeview.asp?AccessCode=user1&Acces
sPassword=pass1 screen will give a link for maintenance. Please don't
change the passwords as it will prevent others from accessing the site!

Finally you can see the screen used for the home connection here
http://www.solarfish.com/homeconnect/homeconnect.asp?UpdateCode=user2&Up
datePassword=pass2 you will see that it picks up your IP address and
will show a count down to the next refresh as per the connection
schedule.

If anyone would like to use this service, there will be a trial period
of 2 weeks after which I will ask for a tenner a year towards my server
costs and development time.

Regards

Graham


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