The Multi-Watch procedures are by name. It relies on dynamic DNS. All of this information is kept in a (very) simple, human-readable database. GORVAX:: is setup to cover Europe and SG1:: is setup to cover the US. That said, each machine does provide a backup link to certain machines regardless of location. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Paul_Koning at Dell.com Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:52 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Returning to HECNET Can it handle connections by name, where the changing address is handled through dynamic DNS? If so, you could use dyndns.org or an equivalent service to get a fixed name for your varying address. paul On Jan 29, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Pete Edwards wrote: Ok maybe I need to re-phrase the question. My ISP now only offers me a dynamic IP address. My understanding is that Johnny's bridge program is not tolerant of changing IP addresses. Is that still the case? So based on Sampsa's answer I can connect via a Multinet tunnel and there's at least one Hecnet member (Steve Davidson) who can keep that connected even if the IP address changes? Would that mean I need to move into another area or request an area to myself? Top-posting on top of a top-posted reply :) On 29 January 2013 00:30, <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: Well Steve Davidson has built a system for updating IP addresses of MULTINET circuits - it seems to work pretty well. sampsa On 29 Jan 2013, at 02:29, Pete Edwards <stimpy.u.idiot at gmail.com> wrote: Hi All, After a rather suddenly enforced break over 2 years ago I'm in a position where I can try and get back onto HECNET. I've renewed my VMS PAKs and have a couple of simh VMS 7.3 instances up again. Unfortunately when I dropped off back then I lost my static IP, so step one, I guess, is asking this: What are the current best options the group has found to deal with dynamic addresses? Alas FLETCH (1.100), my VS4000/60 has suffered some kind of disk trauma during the intervening 2 house moves so it might be a while before I can connect a physical system. Nice to see the return of the mapping project too - rather more elegant than my own short-lived efforts. Cheers, Pete -- Pete Edwards "There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - HMHB -- Pete Edwards "There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - HMHB