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luri
Asked: 2011-01-26 02:36:16 +0800 CST

DynDNS updater?

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Back in Windows, I had a DynDNS updater which showed a little icon in the task bar... It was a launch-and-forget little app. I want to know if there is something similar in Ubuntu.

Specifically, I'd like to have some kind of notification applet which shows status, that is, whether IP is currently updated or not.

Is there anything like that? Or should I stick to command-line-only apps?

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  1. Best Answer

    If I were you, I would configure my home router to handle all DynDNS management. It is the proper place to deal with the task of setting correctly your IP address. For more on configuring your router with DynDNS see http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/hardware/

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  2. I can find only command line apps. But it wouldn't be hard to build an indicator for what you want to do:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators

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  3. Years ago I the DynDNS updater version 3.1.0.15 through Wine. We no longer support that version of the updater, so keep that in mind. It may be worth a shot to try our newest update client through Wine as well.

    Chris Widner
    Director of Community, Culture & Customers
    http://www.dyn.com

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