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Use Connect to Server to connect to anywhere
Authored by: TiVoFan on Mar 01, '07 09:36:18AM
This works for "ftp://"; servers as well.

Am I right in thinking that I can't really use this hint if my home Macs connect to my ISP using DHCP, so my home IP address isn't static? (Plus there an Airport Extreme with NAT turned on, and no ports are forwarded to any of my Macs.)

On the plus side, I think this makes me a bit more secure. This will motivate me to disable the root user when I'm not actually using it!

I suppose I could always write a Mail.app rule and an AppleScript to email me the current home IP address.


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Use Connect to Server to connect to anywhere
Authored by: Oceanhints1 on Mar 01, '07 10:42:02AM
Have a look at http://dyndns.org

This will help with the dynamic ip issue.

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Use Connect to Server to connect to anywhere
Authored by: sdrubbins on Mar 02, '07 10:38:55AM

I have a dynamic IP, but my ISP gives me a static text URL that I can always use to connect to the computer. (I don't know if every ISP does this.) You can find this URL in one of the sharing panes in Sys Prefs, near where you can find your IP address.

If you have this, then you can use it with the "connect to server" command, and also with SSH, FTP, Rsync, etc. It's as good as a static IP address, even when the IP address underlying it is dynamic.

BUT: while you can serve web pages from that URL, as far as I know if you want to register a domain, the new domain must be attached to a real IP address, which means you have to use DynDNS or NoIP or the like.

AND: while I called it 'static,' it's not really. If my cable modem loses its connection and must be reset, then it will create a new URL. But as long as the connection stays up it will effectively be static (mine's been the same for over two years now).

(Hmm, this might be a good hint all on its own...)



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