asterisk users - Apr 2003 - Dynamic IP Addrress Work Around

I have one of my asterisks off an xDSL modem with a dynamic IP address.  The
IP address keeps on changing so I am curious as to what other people are
doing to work around this issue.  I am contemplating to register for a
dynamic DNS service but then my communications become dependent on the
availability of this service.  The "host=dynamic" for SIP seems
interesting.
Any suggestions?
Uriel
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Yo Uriel,

At least for IAX, you can configure users with dynamic IP's and make
the Asterisk-box behind the xDSL-modem register with another box.
I'm not sure if a dynamic DNS-service would work, as Asterisk
probably only resolves the hostnames in it's configuration on startup
or reload, although I'm not entirely sure about this.

The comments in the sample "iax.conf" should be enough to get you
started.


    Grtz,

       Oliver

On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 08:58:21 -0400, Uriel Carrasquilla wrote:
> I have one of my asterisks off an xDSL modem with a dynamic IP address. 
The
> IP address keeps on changing so I am curious as to what other people are
> doing to work around this issue.  I am contemplating to register for a
> dynamic DNS service but then my communications become dependent on the
> availability of this service.  The "host=dynamic" for SIP seems
interesting.
> Any suggestions?
> Uriel