[TriLUG] Home DNS

fumiko fumiko at trilug.org
Sun Jun 26 00:56:39 EDT 2011


On 6/25/2011 11:39 PM, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Magnus said the following on 6/25/2011 23:32:
>> This is going to break when your TWC dynamic address changes, which
>> is why I suggested earlier to not use an A record and to use a CNAME
>> with a dynamic DNS provider. You don't need a single A record in your
>> zone.
> fumiko wrote:
>> Also, there was some question about ZoneEdit updates from routers.  I
>> use DD-WRT, which provides in-built support for DynDNS, ZoneEdit, and
>> about 8 others as well as a custom field to craft your own URL.
> Which I take to mean his DD-WRT router is doing an automatic update of
> his ZoneEdit data whenever the router picks up a new IP address from TWC.
>
> --[Lance]
>
Yes, Lance is right.  My router is updating ZoneEdit with my dynamic 
address.  According to the router log, my address has changes once 
already and the domain name is still pointing to my network.  Thanks!



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