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Dynamic Domain Name Service for OS/2
This program is designed to work with the dyndns.com dynamic domain name service
(see http://www.dyndns.com for details on this service) to update the IP address
used for your dynamic domain name.
Usage:
request <username> <password> [<ip address | auto > [<domain>]]
request.exe should be started by your dialer upon each connection that is
established, with the username and password associated with your dynamic
domain name account with dyndns.com. It will determine the IP address
associated with your point-to-point connection and update the dyndns.com
name server appropriately.
request.exe will continue to send updates to the dyndns.com server every
5 minutes to maintain the dns record.
Your dialer should be configured to kill the process when the connection is
broken, so the dyndns.com server eventually resets your domain name.
The shareware InJoy dialer can function well in this mode. Other dialers
have not been tested, but should function similarly if they provide the
autostart service and kill the process when the connection is broken.
The InJoy dialer can be obtained through BMT Micro (http://www.bmtmicro.com).
You can call request.exe with an explicit IP address or specify 'auto' (the
default) to force the program to determine your point-to-point address itself.
Specify a domain name if you have set up a specific domain name to be updated
with dyndns.com, otherwise it defaults to "dyndns.com".
Problems/Suggestions:
This program was created rather quickly to work with the dyndns.com service
and may have room for improvement. If it doesn't function for you, please
send a description of your environment and the problem you are having to
Doug Swallow (swallow@ibm.net). I can't promise to fix it, but I'll try.
If there are any suggestions you have to help this program function better,
I'd also be happy to hear them.
There is no charge for this program (but you have still have to pay
dyndns.com for their services). You are granted a license to use this
program.
Other stuff:
If it's of any use, I have also provided an OS/2 port of the Unix utility
which dyndns.com makes available. The functionality is similar, but it's
a simple text mode interface. I didn't really run it through any tests to
see if it behaved, but it does properly connect to the dyndns.com server.
It's not something I plan to support in any fashion, but I provide it in
case it's more convenient for you to use. (The program is NameControl.exe)
Version History
1.01
-Change display of incoming message from dyndns.com server to occur on a
separate thread so it doesn't prevent the 5 minute updates from taking
place regularly.
1.00
-Initial release
Copyright (C) 1997 Doug Swallow. All rights reserved.