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Please Note: I accepted a job with Credit Suisse Group (Group Risk Management) and will be moving back to Europe. Because of this relocation (first to Switzerland, then to the U.K.) I can only offer reduced support for DynamIP. Please try peer support in the DynamIP Discussion Group if you don't get a timely response to your e-mail inquiry.


Installation

Clean Installation

WARNING:
DynamIP v3.02 uses the new VB5 controls and runtime library. Installing DynamIP will upgrade various controls on your system. This might cause conflicts with some of your existing software. Hence, if you want to play it safe you should check out the DynamIP file list to see which controls (OCX) and dynamic link libraries (DLL) will be upgraded and then make backup copies of your old files BEFORE you install DynamIP!

The following assumes that you currently don't have any version of DynamIP installed on your system! You need the file DynamIPv302.zip to install DynamIP.

  1. Copy the file DynamIPv302.zip to a temporary directory and unzip it.
  2. Run Setup.exe to install DynamIP (Typical option works best).

Check out QuickSetup for quick configuration information (detailed setup information is also available).

If you run into problems with the installation of DynamIP, please check out the section Installation Problems on the Trouble-Shooting page before you send me e-mail to cmu@bigfoot.com.

Full Install of DynamIP v3.02

WARNING:
DynamIP v3.02 uses the new VB5 controls and runtime library. Installing DynamIP will upgrade various controls on your system. This might cause conflicts with some of your existing software. Hence, if you want to play it safe you should check out the DynamIP file list to see which controls (OCX) and dynamic link libraries (DLL) will be upgraded and then make backup copies of your old files BEFORE you install DynamIP!

The following assumes that you currently have a previous version of DynamIP v3.0x installed (including betas 1-11) or DynamIP v3.0 RC1/RC2! You need the file DynamIPv302.zip to upgrade.

  1. Save your template files (only if you changed them!) and your DynamIP.INI.
  2. Uninstall DynamIP v3.0 beta x or DynamIP v3.0 RC1/RC2 or DynamIP v3.0.
  3. (Uninstall OCXv30 if you have DynamIP v3.0 beta 1 on your system)
    (Uninstall OCXv302 if you have DynamIP v3.0 beta 2 on your system)
    Uninstall cmuTCPvxxx if you have DynamIP v3.0 beta 3-10 on your system).
    Note that you might have to manually unregister the control cmuTCP.ocx (instructions here) and then delete it from the directory ...\Windows\System (if your registry counter is out of sync the uninstall program will not clear away the old version which is going to create problems down the road - Information on how to fix your registry is available here.)
  4. Copy the file DynamIPv302.zip to a temporary directory and unzip it.
  5. Run Setup.exe to install DynamIP.
  6. Note that the Installation Program copies new templates to the DynamIP installation directory. Also note that WEBchat introduces a few new tag (e.g. <!--WEBchat>). You can either use the new templates (DynamIP_.htm, etc.) or add this tag to your existing templates and then copy your own templates back to the DynamIP directory. The new tags are only needed if you want to use the WEBchat feature (read about WEBchat setup here).
  7. Copy your old DynamIP.INI back to the DynamIP directory. Although there are some new settings, your old INI file should work fine. Note, however, that there are some minor changes with templates (TemplateONline and TemplateOFFline). You must reenter the template names for each connection if you want to use the Uploader. Check out details here. It is probably a good idea to verify all the settings!

If you run into problems with the installation of DynamIP, please check out the section Installation Problems on the Trouble-Shooting page before you send me e-mail to cmu@bigfoot.com.

Quick Upgrade to DynamIP v3.02

If you have DynamIP v3.0 RC2 or DynamIP v3.0 final release or DynamIP v3.01 installed on your system you can upgrade to DynamIP v3.02 as follows:

  1. Copy the file DynamIPv302upgrade.zip to a temporary directory and unzip it.
  2. In the DynamIP installation directory, delete the subdirectory help (this will only exist if you ever expanded the file help.EXE).
  3. Copy the file help.EXE to the DynamIP installation directory (overwrite the old file).
  4. Copy the file DynamIP.EXE to the DynamIP installation directory (overwrite the old file).

Please note that this really only works if you have DynamIP v3.0 RC2 or DynamIP v3.0 final release or DynamIP v3.01 installed on your system. All others must download DynamIPv302.zip and do a full install of DynamIP!

Upgrade from DynamIP v2.x

WARNING:
DynamIP v3.02 uses the new VB5 controls and runtime library. Installing DynamIP will upgrade various controls on your system. This might cause conflicts with some of your existing software. Hence, if you want to play it safe you should check out the DynamIP file list to see which controls (OCX) and dynamic link libraries (DLL) will be upgraded and then make backup copies of your old files BEFORE you install DynamIP!

The following assumes that you currently have DynamIP v2.x installed on your system! You need the file DynamIPv302.zip to upgrade.

  1. You probably want to keep some of the files that you customized (e.g. the templates DynamIP_.htm, DynamIPServer_.htm if you changed them at all). While I can't guarantee that DynamIP v3.02 will read all the settings from your old file DynamIP.INI you can at least give it a try. Move all the files that you want to keep to some temporary directory (e.g. C:\Windows\Temp).
  2. Uninstall the Microsoft Internet Control Pack [MS ICP] (unless any of your other programs make use of it).
  3. Delete all the files in your DynamIP installation directory (probably C:\Program Files\DynamIP).
  4. Copy the file DynamIPv302.zip to a temporary directory and unzip it.
  5. Run Setup.exe to install DynamIP.
  6. Note that the Installation Program copies new templates to the DynamIP installation directory. Also note that WEBchat introduces new tags (e.g. <!--WEBchat>). You can either use the new templates (DynamIP_.htm, etc.) or add this tag to your existing templates and then copy your own templates back to the DynamIP directory. The new tags are only needed if you want to use the WEBchat feature (read about WEBchat setup here).
  7. Copy your old DynamIP.INI back to the DynamIP directory. Note, however, that there are quite a few new settings which will probably be empty if you start DynamIP v3.02 for the first time with your old file DynamIP.INI (e.g. the WEBchat dummy must be set to <!--WEBchat> manually). If you can't start DynamIP because of RT13 or RT380 then you should remove your old DynamIP.INI and then restart DynamIP (it will generate a new/clean file DynamIP.INI). You can try to selectively copy back some of your previous settings and if you figure out which settings cause the error please drop me a line at cmu@bigfoot.com. There is a lot of setup information available here.

If you run into problems with the installation of DynamIP, please check out the section Installation Problems on the Trouble-Shooting page before you send me e-mail to cmu@bigfoot.com.

Installation and QuickSetup

WARNING:
DynamIP v3.02 uses the new VB5 controls and runtime library. Installing DynamIP will upgrade various controls on your system. This might cause conflicts with some of your existing software. Hence, if you want to play it safe you should check out the DynamIP file list to see which controls (OCX) and dynamic link libraries (DLL) will be upgraded and then make backup copies of your old files BEFORE you install DynamIP!

The following assumes that you currently don't have DynamIP installed on your system! You need the file DynamIPv302.zip to install DynamIP.

Note:
You should uninstall old versions of DynamIP BEFORE you try to install this new version! (instructions are here).

  1. Copy the file DynamIPv302.zip to a temporary directory and unzip it.
  2. Run Setup.exe to install DynamIP (the "Typical" Option works best).

If you cannot install DynamIP, please refer to the section Installation Problems.

Now we are going to configure DynamIP:

Step 1
(start DynamIP)
  1. Start DynamIP for the first time (a shortcut was added to your Start Menu). If DynamIP doesn't start, please check out the trouble-shooting section. Common problems are missing files (DLL, OCX), wrong version of files (DLL, OCX, especially cmuTCP.ocx), or old versions of DynamIP.INI that cause conflicts during startup. A list of all the required files (including correct version) is available here.
Step 2
(setup POP checker)
  1. Choose the menu Setup|Mail.
  2. Check the Active box.
  3. Enter the name of your POP server into the field POP Server (e.g. mail.geocities.com).
  4. Type your login into the field Login (e.g. cmu).
  5. Type your password into the field Password.
  6. Click the folder button just to the left of the button Notify Sound. In the file list box, select the file yougotmail.wav and then click the button "Open".
  7. Check the box to the left of the file path/name you just entered to activate this sound.
  8. Check the box Check E-mail on Connect.
  9. Enter your value of choice into the box every ... min (this is the number of minutes between mail box checks.
  10. Click the button "OK" (your first mail box is now active and DynamIP indicates this with a change in color of the mail box; the 0 below the mail box indicates that you have currently 0 messages in that box).

DynamIP can also start your E-mail client automatically whenever you receive new mail. Please refer to the detailed Setup Information here for details.
Step 3
(setup Time module)
  1. Choose the menu Setup|Time.
  2. Check the Active box.
  3. Enter the name of your NTP server into the field NTP Server (e.g. ntp.cc.utexas.edu). If you're not in the US, you might want to find a local NTP server (lists of public servers are available here or here).
  4. Verify that the two options Use Registry Time Zone Information and Synchronize PC Clock on Connect event are checked.
  5. Click the button "OK" (the clock synchronizer is now configured).
Step 4
(setup IPchat)
  1. Choose the menu Setup|IPchat.
  2. Check the Active box.
  3. Enter your nick name into the field Handle (e.g. cmu).
  4. Enter your name into the field Name (e.g. Christoph Mueller).
  5. Enter your e-mail address into the field e-mail (e.g. cmu@bigfoot.com).
  6. Enter the URL of your home page into the field URL (e.g. http://cmu.home.ml.org/). Leave this field empty if you don't have a home page.
  7. Enter your location (city, country, etc.) into the field Location (e.g. Palo Alto, CA).
  8. Enter any comment you like into the field Comment (e.g. no junk mail please).
  9. Click the folder button the the left of the button Join Sound. In the file list box, select the file scanjoin.wav and then click the button "Open". Now check the box to the left of this new entry to activate the sound. You can click the button Join Sound to try it out.
  10. Click the folder button the the left of the button Hail Sound. In the file list box, select the file scanhail.wav and then click the button "Open". Now check the box to the left of this new entry to activate the sound. You can click the button Hail Sound to try it out.
  11. Verify that the entry to the left of the button Edit IPDB file at the bottom points to the file IPDB.txt in the DynamIP installation directory (if not, you can click on the folder button and select the appropriate file).
  12. Click the button "OK" (IPchat is now configured).

Please refer to the detailed Setup Information here for details on the other settings.
Step 5
(setup WEBchat)
  1. Choose the menu Setup|WEBchat.
  2. Check the Active box.
  3. Click the button Default Settings.
  4. Click the button "OK" (WEBchat is now configured).

Please refer to the detailed Setup Information here for details on the other settings.
Step 6
(setup DUN/RAS)
  1. Choose the menu Setup|DUN/RAS.
  2. Select Dynamic IP Address (RAS) as your IP method.
  3. Check the box Dial at Startup.
  4. Select your Dial-Up Connection #1 and then check the box to the left of this new entry.
  5. If you want DynamIP to hide the Connect to window you can check the appropriate box.
  6. Click the button "OK" (DUN/RAS is now configured).

Please refer to the detailed Setup Information here for details on the other settings.
Step 7
(setup Uploader)
  1. Choose the menu Setup|Uploader.
  2. Check the Active box.
  3. Enter the name of your FTP server into the field Remote Host (e.g. ftp.geocities.com).
  4. Enter your login into the field Login (e.g. cmu).
  5. Enter your password into the field Password.
  6. Verify that the Template ONline entry is DynamIP_.htm.
  7. Verify that the Template OFFline entry is DynamIP_.htm.
  8. Verify that the Local File entry is DynamIP.htm.
  9. Enter the path (optional) and name of your remote file into the field Remote File (e.g. DYNAMIP.HTM).*
  10. Verify that the IP entry is NOT.ON.LINE.NOW.
  11. Verify that the DateTime entry is $DateTime.
  12. Verify that the HTTP Server entry is HTTP Server NOT available. Uncheck the box to the left of this entry.
  13. Verify that the FTP Server entry is FTP Server NOT available. Uncheck the box to the left of this entry.
  14. Verify that the FTP UserID entry is anonymous.
  15. Uncheck the box Immediate Retry on Failure.
  16. Verify that #Retries is 0.
  17. Uncheck the box Delete Remote File before Put.
  18. Uncheck the box Binary Transfer.
  19. Uncheck the box AutoONline.
  20. Uncheck the box AutoOFFline.
  21. Check the box Async.*
  22. Verify that refresh every is 0.
  23. Verify that Timeout is 65.
  24. Click the button "OK" (the Uploader is now configured).

* The VB5 FTP control has several bugs. One of the more annoying ones is that all directory paths and file names are automatically converted to upper case (all CAPS). This is why you either should use all CAPS file names (for your remote files) in the first place if you intend to use the Async upload feature, or then uncheck Async (the latter causes DynamIP to "freeze" until the upload is finished because the upload is done using a different method that preserves the case of your path and filename).

Please refer to the detailed Setup Information here for details on the other settings.
Step 8
(save configuration)
  1. Choose the menu File|Save Configuration to save your settings to the file DynamIP.INI.

If you run into problems with the installation of DynamIP, please check out the section Installation Problems on the Trouble-Shooting page. Detailed setup information (for more features like the program launcher, etc.) is also available. I would appreciate it if you tried to find answers to your questions there before you resort to sending e-mail to cmu@bigfoot.com. Thank you for your consideration!

If you are running a web server on your machine you might be interested in DIPS (Dynamic IP Server). DIPS is a totally free service that allows you to publish web content directly from your own computer with a fixed URL even though you have a dynamic IP address. DynamIP has built-in DIPS client capability. Connect to the DIPS home page at http://DIPS.home.ml.org/ and find out more about this free service.

Uninstall DynamIP

I recommend uninstalling old versions of DynamIP BEFORE you try to install new versions!

  1. Start the Control Panel and double-click on the icon "Add/Remove Programs".
  2. Locate the entry for DynamIP and select it.
  3. Click on the button "Add/Remove" to remove DynamIP.

If you ever installed cmuTCP.ocx before you should also uninstall that one as follows:

  1. Start a DOS window and go into directory ...\Windows\System
    (or ...WinNT\System32 on Windows NT)
  2. Type "regsvr32 /u cmuTCP.ocx" (without the quotes) and hit <Enter> key.
    (get regsvr32.exe from here if you don't have it on your system)
  3. Start the Control Panel and double-click on the icon "Add/Remove Programs".
  4. Locate the entry for cmuTCP and select it.
  5. Click on the button "Add/Remove" to remove DynamIP.

These uninstall routines won't remove any files that were added to the DynamIP installation directory after the installation, e.g. DynamIP.INI. While you might want to keep your old DynamIP.INI file (especially if you intend to upgrade to a newer version of DynamIP), you can certainly delete all the other files in there and then delete the DynamIP installation directory.

Some beta versions of DynamIP didn't quite manage to clean up your registry entries for cmuTCP.ocx properly (my apologies). If you feel like cleaning up your registry from all traces of DynamIP you can do the following (only experienced users - don't forget to make a backup of your registry files before you start editing!):

  1. Make a backup of your registry files (e.g. with ERU or some similar utility)
  2. Start the registry editor RegEdit.EXE
  3. Locate the entry for CMUTCP.OCX in
    \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs
    and remove it.
  4. Close the registry editor.
cmu Introduction Download Setup Advanced Users Sample Templates Meeting Places
Home User Manual Installation Requirements Trouble Shooting Tribe of the Challenged Discussion Group
DIPS (Dynamic IP Server) - visit http://DIPS.home.ml.org/ to find out more...
Please Note: I accepted a job with Credit Suisse Group (Group Risk Management) and will be moving back to Europe. Because of this relocation (first to Switzerland, then to the U.K.) I can only offer reduced support for DynamIP. Please try peer support in the DynamIP Discussion Group if you don't get a timely response to your e-mail inquiry.

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Last modified: July 27, 1997