On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Iain Mott wrote:> figured it out! I have a dynamically allocated IP address - and i was > entering a dynamic DNS name in the shoutcast server config expecting it > to be resolved. It wasn't. I entered the IP address just then and it > relays perfectly! Will follow up with the shoutcast service support to > see why my dynamic name isn't being resolved (perhaps it can't be with > shoutcast?).DNS means "Domain Name Service". In order to serve ANYTHING on the Internet, you have to have a reliable -- i.e., STATIC -- IP address, mapped forward and reverse, name to IP address and vice versa. What you are describing for your connection is DHCP -- where you are the client of your upstream -- and you cannot serve anything for more than the time of your current connection, meaning your "service", whatever it is, is at best transient. Robert Muchnick Xenterra.net 720-276-7917
that's seems a shame. I'm aware of what dns is - and I was prepared for periodic drops in transmission. My dynamic dns name is updated (when necessary) every 10 minutes. For a variety of reasons i'm reluctant to use a static ip for this project - but if it can't be done.... On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 19:22 -0600, Robert Muchnick wrote:> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Iain Mott wrote: > > > figured it out! I have a dynamically allocated IP address - and i was > > entering a dynamic DNS name in the shoutcast server config expecting it > > to be resolved. It wasn't. I entered the IP address just then and it > > relays perfectly! Will follow up with the shoutcast service support to > > see why my dynamic name isn't being resolved (perhaps it can't be with > > shoutcast?). > > DNS means "Domain Name Service". In order to serve ANYTHING on the > Internet, you have to have a reliable -- i.e., STATIC -- IP address, > mapped forward and reverse, name to IP address and vice versa. > > What you are describing for your connection is DHCP -- where you are the > client of your upstream -- and you cannot serve anything for more than the > time of your current connection, meaning your "service", whatever it is, > is at best transient. > > Robert Muchnick > Xenterra.net > 720-276-7917 > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast > >
Hi, The problem you're going to have here is that it takes time for DNS changes to propagate through the Internet, so it may take some time for the DNS server nearest the shoutcast server to find out what your new address is when it changes. Geoff. -- Geoff Shang <geoff@hitsandpieces.net> Phone: +61-418-96-5590 MSN: geoff@acbradio.org Make sure your E-mail can be read by everyone! http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html