Hi Richard,

I had paradise/ADSL (before I shifted house/spent 18months contracting in Oz
etc) and the only way I could reliably get dyndns stuff working was to
install a 3rd party software tool. I cannot remember the name offhand,
something like DirectUpdate, but it was listed on the dyndns client software
links page.

It actually connected to the routers web console and retrieved the IP
address from a page off there (you could specify a particular URL and it
would scan it looking for IP addresses). It would then connect to the
dyndns system and update your IP. Seemed to work fairly well.

Cheers,
Jared

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On Behalf
Of Richard Parry
Sent: Monday, 20 December 2004 10:44 a.m.
To: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
Subject: Problems with DynDNS.org on Jetstream Plus?

Hi all.

I'm currently looking into getting DSL at home (I currently have
cable). The reasons behind this are many and varied, and best left
for another time.

The killer app for me is, because of some of the things I do at work,
having access to my machine at home from around and about. With
Paradise/TelstraClear, this has previously been quite an easy problem
to solve as I have a static IP. On the surface of it, it's easy
enough to solve with DSL as well - grab a DynDNS.org hostname,
configure up your ADSL router to update this, and you're away.

Where the problem comes in is that a friend of mine has recently
switched to Xtra (from Paradise). Using Paradise, the updates from
his DSL modem worked fine (he's got a USR 9106,
http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=119687). When logging
into the DSL network using his Xtra details, updates from this modem
fail. So - Paradise works, Xtra doesn't.

There's some ancient evidence
(http://www.unixathome.org/adsl/archives/2000_11/0479.html) that
indicates that Xtra's transparent proxy may be giving some pain in
this area, but he's been unable to get a sensible response from the
Xtra helpdesk on this matter.

What I'd like to do is avoid all pain before I start :) I've had a
browse through the list archives from August through to today, and
nothing sprang out as obviously hurting people. This leads me to
believe that possibly:
1) My friend is a moron, and shouldn't be trusted to set up his own
stuff. Whilst possible, the fact that he got it working with
Paradise/DSL implies that it's unlikely.
2) This is a relatively new problem with Xtra, and may get resolved if
any Xtra people on this list see this thread.
3) Xtra have a policy of not allowing this with the new JetStream
Plus, and I'd best use another ISP like Orcon.
4) It's broken with all ISPs on JetStream, and I'll need to use some
sort of software DynDNS solution with proxy bypass. Not likely as
Paradise/DSL worked, it's just Xtra/DSL that doesn't.

Can anyone provide some information on whether or not this is a known
problem, workarounds, and the like? I really do need consistent
remote access to my box, indeed it'd be nice to have a (low volume)
mail and web server there as well for testing.

Cheers

Richard

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