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

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

On 09/06/14 01:02, Alexander CSpa wrote:
> Dear all, Dear Wimpunk,
> 2014-09-02 7:52 GMT+02:00, 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.
>>
> Thank you! Did it.
> 
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Actually you answered my question. :-)
> 

Good to know. :-)

> But i would like to ask if it would be possible to use a list of web
> services
> (Something in the conf. like: use=web, web=site1, site2 and it tries
> the first and if it does not work the second and so on.Alternative:
> if=web, web=site1 if=web, web=site2)
>

If someone want to implement it and sends me a patch, I will probably
add it to ddclient but currently I don't feel the need for such change
so I will not write it myself.

> This is important if someone is looking at trying to have "always" a
> client connected.

I still believe it's better to use your modem to get the IP address of
your WAN connection.  You can check it as fast as the firmware allows.

> 
> Maybe that an improper solution would be to duplicate the conf. file
> in the same file and to add two different web=... .
> 

You can try but I don't think ddclient will be very happy to see that.
At least it will result in a duplicate update.

> 
> Thank You again!
>