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<div dir="ltr"><font style="" color="#000000" face="Tahoma,sans-serif">Yes the BBB or RPi2 could definitely handle that task as it is trivial. The ddns service usually provides a script to run to do the update. The procedure is:<br><br>Goto the ddns service and select a domain name. You only need one as what machine it goes to in your LAN is controlled by the port you come in on and your routers port forwarding.<br><br>Download the script and install it on any computer in your LAN. It could be your BBB if you desire. It should be one that stays on all the time.<br><br>Thats it. The local script sends the ddns your IP address if it changes. Your IP is then updated in Internet DNS for the domain name your chose.<br><br>I had been using noip.com but switched to freedns - <a href="https://freedns.afraid.org/" target="_blank">https://freedns.afraid.org/</a> - because noip had some issues and I think they charge now for reasonable domain names. freedns gives a number of options on how to update your IP. Also note that many routers have this capability built-in! dd-wrt routers do. This would eliminate any need to have a script running in a local computer. There are many ddns providers out there so you do have a choice.<br><br>BTW the Allstar system could be used to find the IP address of your node from a remote location and thus serve as a crude ddns without the domain name. Assuming you had a local Allstar system running just do -<br><br>grep <node> /tmp/rpt_extnodes<br><br>This will give you the IP address which you can use to connect back to your remote computer on the distant LAN. I included a script in the RPi2 code - see scripts how-to - that does an ssh connect to a distant node using this approach.<br><br>[root@alarmpi local]# allstar_ssh.sh<br><br>ssh to an Allstar node<br>Usage: allstar_ssh.sh node [port]<br>Default port- 222<br><br>[root@alarmpi local]# allstar_ssh.sh 27086<br><br>Node- 27086 IAX port- 4569 Domain- cpe-72-224-76-51.maine.res.rr.com.<br><br>Connecting ssh to Allstar node- 27086 at IP address- 72.224.76.51 port- 222<br><br>The authenticity of host '[72.224.76.51]:222 ([72.224.76.51]:222)' can't be established.<br>RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:s302orgbbzT0BpEWIDYXgjd7XsFHuogPKcRaYvMsNok.<br>Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes<br>Warning: Permanently added '[72.224.76.51]:222' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.<br>root@72.224.76.51's password:<br><br>So you are in Maine? What town?<br><br></font><b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">73 Doug</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">WA3DSP</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</font></b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br></font><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:32:22 -0400<br>From: N1XBM@amsat.org<br>To: arm-allstar@hamvoip.org<br>Subject: [arm-allstar] Dynamic DNS<br><br><p dir="ltr">After consulting with many people on my website project I'm taking the advice I've gotten from many people. The first task I'd like to complete is setting up a DDNS service. This will help me when using lsnodes on my home simplex node on a BBB. Is there a way to install something on my BBB that will update to a free service? I only need one or two domains. Also will my BBB be able to handle this task?</p>
<p dir="ltr">N1XBM<br>
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Paratus Communicare<br>
Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812</p>
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