Perhaps not directly a Sonic questions, but I'm thinking some of the bright folks here may be able to help.
I'm a current Sonic Fusion X2 customer - considering "upgrading" to FTTN X2. Not thrilled with the forced modem rental nor using ATT's network. I'd want to setup a semi-permanent OpenVPN connection to SONIC VPN - but think I can swing this on my linux router.
But one of the sticking points that I'm having trouble figuring out how-to-solve is the darned lack of Static IPs available. Sonic current gives me one - which is all I need.
Sometime in the past I was stuck for a short period of time with a Dynamic IP from Sonic. It was a frustrating experience. I don't know if it was my basic sysadmin capabilities or just the lack of maturity for the various Dyn DNS software at the time, but it never worked well. There was always a 50/50 chance that when my IP address actually changed (not often mind you), the dynamic update wouldn't take. And of course I'd find this out when not at home, trying to connect remotely to my home server. I can remember trying to walk my wife through the DYNDNS debug over the phone. Not pleasant.
Sonic now owns my domain name registration - I'd want whatever dynamic DNS to still work with my domain. I don't know if this helps or hurts. From a high level it should help - Sonic knows my Dynamic IP (as they're assigning it - or at least getting the info from ATT). Sonic manages my domain, along with the DNS records. Should be possible to connect these right?
Not that I think it matters, but all I'm opening up is a SSHD port. Everything I need to to I can do through a SSH tunnel.
Is what I'm thinking to do possible? As I said my sysadmin (and networking) skills are intermediate at best - I'm quite comfortable with a bash command line and reading man pages or howtos, and figuring this out. I just don't do these task often enough to keep them firmly in memory. It's something I need to do every few years to setup my network how I like it, then I promptly forget everything.
Thanks,
Mark
I'm a current Sonic Fusion X2 customer - considering "upgrading" to FTTN X2. Not thrilled with the forced modem rental nor using ATT's network. I'd want to setup a semi-permanent OpenVPN connection to SONIC VPN - but think I can swing this on my linux router.
But one of the sticking points that I'm having trouble figuring out how-to-solve is the darned lack of Static IPs available. Sonic current gives me one - which is all I need.
Sometime in the past I was stuck for a short period of time with a Dynamic IP from Sonic. It was a frustrating experience. I don't know if it was my basic sysadmin capabilities or just the lack of maturity for the various Dyn DNS software at the time, but it never worked well. There was always a 50/50 chance that when my IP address actually changed (not often mind you), the dynamic update wouldn't take. And of course I'd find this out when not at home, trying to connect remotely to my home server. I can remember trying to walk my wife through the DYNDNS debug over the phone. Not pleasant.
Sonic now owns my domain name registration - I'd want whatever dynamic DNS to still work with my domain. I don't know if this helps or hurts. From a high level it should help - Sonic knows my Dynamic IP (as they're assigning it - or at least getting the info from ATT). Sonic manages my domain, along with the DNS records. Should be possible to connect these right?
Not that I think it matters, but all I'm opening up is a SSHD port. Everything I need to to I can do through a SSH tunnel.
Is what I'm thinking to do possible? As I said my sysadmin (and networking) skills are intermediate at best - I'm quite comfortable with a bash command line and reading man pages or howtos, and figuring this out. I just don't do these task often enough to keep them firmly in memory. It's something I need to do every few years to setup my network how I like it, then I promptly forget everything.
Thanks,
Mark