Make your computer a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with a normal cable connection.
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By Geoffrey Pointon
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Posted: 24 Aug 2005 |
With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, your home computer can easily be converted into a LINUX server which can be used to host your own websites, email service, FTP service, etc...
how to do it
- Obtain a DDNS Service
Open an account with a Dynamic DNS provider such as DynDNS. Their dynamic DNS service is free, reliable and very easy to establish.
Make a note of your username and password. In this example we’ll use “johndoe” as the username and “passing” as the password.
All you need to provide is your “Hostname” and choose one of their domains. In my case the LINUX server name is “tbird34048” and I chose “kicks-hiney.net” as the domain.
If you tick the “Enable Wildcard” option, DNS will believe your server can do anything i.e. Web, Mail, ftp etc.
You can tick the “Mail Exchanger (optional)” and use one of their chargeable services for mail relay and forwarding. - Install a Dynamic DNS Client
ddclient ships with SUSE, so from YaST-Software-Install and Remove Software, enter ddclient in the search field and follow the instructions to install it. - Configure /etc/ddclient.conf
I’ve stripped the file down to the bare minimum:
daemon=300 # Number of seconds before IP address is checked again syslog=yes # Log update messages to syslog mail-failure=root # Mail only failed updates to root pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid # Records the Process ID of ddclient use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.org/, web-skip=’IP Address’ # Checks with DynDNS what your externally facing IP address is, that’s the one on your router plugged into your cable modem. protocol=dyndns2 # The protocol DynDNS use for Dynamic DNS server=members.dyndns.org # The DynDNS server that manages your IP address and DNS resolution login=johndoe # Your DynDNS login name password=passing # Your DynDNS password wildcard=yes # Use wildcard DNS CNAME
- Check it is Working
There are a number of simple command lines you can use to get it up and running:
/etc/init.d/ddclient stop /etc/init.d/ddclient start /etc/init.d/ddclient restart
If you use the DynDNS check IP service (http://checkip.dyndns.org/) from a web browser, you should see the IP address of your router which is attached to the internet.
and that should be it!Reader Comments
- er.. that IS it. literally.... there's nothing more to it
- Nice article but for newbies it doesn't explain what to do next :(. Maybe next time you could explain it?
- Uhm the title is poorly choosen at best...
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