[Asterisk-Users] NAT and SIP.conf update.

[canuck15]

I don't recommend anyone use free dyndns via router support.  If you reboot
your router more than once or twice in a month or have a power outage or
whatever dyndns stops updating the IP automatically and will cancel your
account for too much activity.  You won't know it for a few weeks until they
send you an email saying your account will expire in a week unless you go to
the site and ask them nicely to reset it.  Not a big deal to do that but it
becomes annoying when it keeps happening over and over.

Using a software IP updater on a workstation or server seems to work much
better.

-----Original Message-----
From: razza [mailto:rjames31 at btopenworld.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:18 AM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] NAT and SIP.conf update.


Jens Wrote:
>Who needs that when there's dyndns and similar free services which are 
>even supported by many routers? I have a dyndns hostname and my router 
>is configured to contact the dyndns site whenever the IP on the public 
>side changes. Works very well for my Asterisk setup at home.

I'm sure if you use a DNS in SIP.CONF for your external IP this is only
resolved when loaded?