[X4U] aDSL: dynamic vs. static IP

[Neil Laubenthal]

Easy . . .

Register a domain name (dotster or whoever) and use www.dyndns.org to  
point to your domain. Configure your router (most recent ones can be)  
or load a DynDNS client on your Mac to update the dyndns.org DNS  
server for your domain whenever your dynamic IP changes.

For accessing several macs remotely . . . there are probably a couple  
of ways. I don't think that backtomymac requires any port forwarding  
although I haven't set it up yet. You can also use ssh tunnels pretty  
easily to connect a port on your out of the house mac to a port on the  
local macs . . . just use a different port for each one you want to to  
control. Once the ssh tunnel is setup (how-to's are on the net or I  
can give you the basics if you need them) then you just VNC on your  
laptop to localhost:port_that_is_forwarded and you're connected.


On Nov 3, 2007, at 13:34, Jim Robertson wrote:
>
> There was a time when I used the static IP to host a website. I no  
> longer do
> that. For the short term, I think the only reasons I might want a  
> static IP
> would be remote access to my Macs from other locations, but that  
> seems built
> in to Leopard with "Back to my Mac" (which I assume will get me  
> there even
> with a dynamic IP address). Am I correct on that?
>
> For the moment, I'm the only one in my household who would want remote
> access to my computer at home. If others do as well (there are 3  
> full-time
> Mac users in the household), is port-forwarding to the DSL router  
> needed to
> implement "Back to my Mac", and would that make it available to only  
> one
> computer "hiding" behind the router that does NAT? If so, would I  
> need to
> use the dedicated static IPs I have now to get around this obstacle?