Do I have to use the Dynamic services listed

[cat1947]

I use no-ip.com for my ddns service and it isn't listed. Are the three in the list the only ones permitted.
Thanks
CaT

[amac]

That's a good questions............. I don't see why you couldn't do others, but not sure where or if you can configure it......anyone else have an idea about that?

[Silver Bullet]

I believe there is a debian installer for no-ip but you will have to configure it at the command line.

[cat1947]

Would anyone know where is get this installer
Thanks
Cat

[Silver Bullet]

Sure

***Disclaimer: Do this at your own risk***

1) Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free

2) at the terminal do apt-get update

3) then apt-get install no-ip

4) When that is finished do no-ip -C and enter your no-ip account information at the prompts.

5) Then do /etc/init.d/no-ip start

I just did it to test and it worked.

Be sure to remove the added line in step 1 from your /etc/apt/sources.list when you are finished.

[cat1947]

Thanks for the response. I will give the code a try. I haven't done much with code, but will give it a try.

Thanks again
CaT

[cat1947]

Ok I gave this some thought and to save me some time I am just going to ask. Could you explain how I would go about editing the source file?
I would assume that there is a built in editor in Debian.
As you can tell I am a complete newbie to linux. I don't mine trying with a little direction.
Thanks
CaT

[Silver Bullet]

Try this:
1 #Make back up of sources.list

cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.tmp

2

echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free" >>/etc/apt/sources.list

3

apt-get update

4

apt-get install no-ip

5 # no-ip -C prompts you for your credentials at no-ip

no-ip -C

6 #Restore original sources.list

cp /etc/apt/sources.list.tmp /etc/apt/sources.list

7 #start the no-ip update service

/etc/init.d/no-ip start

[cat1947]

Thanks for making it simple. I followed all of the directions and I didn't get any errors. So I think it may have worked. I won't know until tomorrow. I have to remove my linksys router that is in front of the untangle box and reconfigure the router on the untangle box.

I guess the only question I have left is. Since I started the service from the command line do I need to enable the service in the networking/hostname config dialog box.
I assume that no-ip will not be listed there. Am I correct?
Thanks for all of your help.
Cat

[Silver Bullet]

No you don't. Just leave that dialog box alone.

It should have updated your ip with no-ip soon as you started the service. I tested on my Untangle server in bridge mode, which has an internal IP, and it updated the no-ip site with my external IP address.