Re: [Ddclient-support] use=web, reliable?

[wimpunk <wi...@us...>]

Hi Alex,

First you should subscripe to the list if you want to see the answers on
your question.  I had to add you message manually to the list.

On 08/27/14 23:20, Alexander CSpa wrote:
> Hello to all,
> Hello Wimpunk,
>               I would like to ask how reliable the option "use=web" is.
> 
>               I am asking you this because I only found two sites wich
> display the current ip adress of the cient.
> 
>              So if myip.dnsdynamic.org and ip.changeip.com are down (it
> could happen) and there is no local method for viewing the ip... ddclient
> cannot update himself!

I used to use checkip.dyndns.org which resolves in multiple addresses.
It makes the system more reliable although ddclient does not retry if
can't reach it.  He just retries the next time.

> 
>              So i would like to ask if it would be possible to extract the
> information of a webpage saving only the ip (v4 or v6) in ddclientso that
> also other pages as http://checkip.dns.he.net/ could work.

Sorry but I don't get what you want to tell here.

> 
>             I would like to say "thank you" in advance and escuses for my
> bad english.
> 
> 
> Hoping hearing from you,
> 
> Alex

Regards,

wimpunk.