Free DNS was RE: BB choice & multiple static IP addresses

["Ian Willoughby" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Found a free DNS service at http://soa.granitecanyon.com/

Just setting up an entry for my new UK domain :-)

R's
Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Willoughby
Sent: Thu 08/05/2003 13:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] BB choice & multiple static IP addresses



You need you own DNS server or an entry on someone else's. I use
www.dyndns.org custom DNS ($30 one off payment from memory). Also
register.com has administration of IP addresses and names registered with
them. I have noticed that UK domains don't tend to let you update DNS
directly.



R's

Ian





-----Original Message-----

From: Steve Abbott [mailto:steve.abbott@xxxxxxx]

Sent: Thu 08/05/2003 13:39

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Cc:

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] BB choice & multiple static IP addresses







Urm, how do you do that?  My domain is www.forsion.co.uk, this points at
the ISP's webspace.  For my external server I have to enter the IP address,
but I would really like to use DEV.forsion.co.uk.  Also, TiVO@xxxxxxx and
Slim@xxxxxxx would be really good.







Is this something I can do, or does the ISP have to do it?







Steve







-----Original Message-----



From: Ian Willoughby [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]



Sent: Thu 08/05/2003 12:48



To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx



Cc:



Subject: RE: [ukha_d] BB choice & multiple static IP addresses















Hi Nick,



With the likes of Zens 8 Static IP's for free (1 used for network address,
1 for broadcast and one for your router leaves 5 usable for other things)
why wouldn't you? You could use port forwarding to various devices but this
will mean addressing things is not quite so logical e.g tivo might be
referenced as mydomain.com:81 and HA server might be mydomain.com:82. I
find it a lot nicer to address them as tivo.mydomain.com <mailto:tivo@xxxxxxx>  or ha.mydomain.com.
I have a router with openish access to my servers, email, web etc (this is
commenly called a DMZ). There is a second router running on the DMZ which
has NAT and I hang all my workstations and laptops off of this.



I am planning on hanging VOIP gateways on the DMZ side of the network in
the very near future.







Hope this helps







R's



Ian











-----Original Message-----



From: Nick Towers [mailto:nickt@xxxxxxx]



Sent: Thu 08/05/2003 12:34



To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx



Cc:



Subject: [ukha_d] BB choice & multiple static IP addresses















Help please!



Am figuring out which BB ISP to use - my dilemma is whether I need to



sign up for multiple static IP addresses.



I'd like to be able to access remotely - at moment just to control



Tivo and view a security Webcam. In future I may decide to work from



home & need remote access from other locations to a work server &



applications etc.



I'll almost certainly buy a Draytek 2600we (unless I get better



recommendation) which I assume will need an IP address of its own - I



assume I'd be able to access LAN based devices via port forwarding -



is this the case?



So - for my immediate needs would I be ok with just a single static



address - and for what other uses in the future would I definitely



need further IP addresses?



TIA



Nick



PS I'm looking at F2S, Eclipse & Zen as possible suppliers