[clue-tech] Linksys wrt54gl story and question.

[Adam Bultman]

David L. Anselmi wrote:
> erik at ezolan.com wrote:
> [...]
>> Right now I have a dynDNS Updater that I run in my system tray on a
>> Windows computer on the LAN, but I would *much* prefer to have the
>> router
>> do it.
>>
>> Is there an open source router firmware that can do that?
>
> What's the protocol?  With some DNS providers an update only requires
> an HTTP GET.  lynx will do that with its eyes closed.  So you hook the
> DHCP client (ISC's is really easy) so that any IP change causes an
> update and a cron job does it once a month.  Any Linux open firmware
> should be able to handle that, as long as you have a program that
> speaks the protocol.
>
> Dave
>
The linksys WRT54G has the capability built in.  The OpenWRT has a
package for it.


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