What's next Chris?

Chris is going to get real sick of me...sorry...but I fell in love with this program. :-) Every now and then...when I exit DynamIP...everything that was launched closes, and DynamIP exits normally...at least it appears to. The hard drive will churn for a bit and then DynamIP magically starts up again, connects, and launches everything again. This still happens with RC1. I don't know if it's something I'm inadvertantly doing or what. Regards, Marty

Marty, This has happened to me too (but only once, so far). Annoying (even though it doesn't cause any harm) - I'll look into it. For the time being, you just have to shut it down again. Chris

DynamIP v3.0 RC2 released! Get it from the DynamIP home page. Chris

Great. What new features are planned for future releases?

Many thanks for a great program. However, I seem to have a little problem. When I use auto offline and 'file' 'disconnect' dynamip goes offline and locks up, not the whole computer, just dynamip. If i exit, it logs off and exits correctly. Do you have a fix for this problem, or will I need to not use auto offline and od it manually if I want to keep Dynam open. By the way, it works fine in manual. For reference, I am using win95'B' (sr 2) on a pentium machine. Your help is appreciated. Thanks agai , Woody

DynamIP v3.0 Final Release is available from http://DynamIP.home.ml.org/. DynamIP v3.0 now supports DIPS, a new and exciting service that allos people to publish web content with a fixed URL from a dynamic IP address. This is great if you're running a web server on your home machine. You can check out all the details about DIPS at http://DIPS.home.ml.org/. Please drop us a line at DIPS@bigfoot.com and tell us how you like this new service. Chris

Cool!

I've just installed the new v3.0 release on an Win95 machine (95a) with the MS isdn update 1.1 installed. It seems that the dynamIP installation installed a version of rasapi32.dll over the version that the isdn update loaded (4.00.1150). With this version installed, any attemps to create a dial-up connection would fail with a user/password error (but I could log in using a post-dial-up terminal screen), I was getting random but frequent explorer faults in kernel32 and online file up/down load ftp fail d frequently. Putting the (older?) isdn 1.1 version of rasapi32.dll back seemed to fix these problems. Where did this new version (4.10.1434) of rasapi32.dll come from and why would the newer version cause these problems? Any ideas?

I have just installed DynamIP v.3 and am getting an error '7': Out of Memory when trying to run it. All versions of installed files are the latest, I have installed the file from a clean install of Win95 rev.B. I have 48 megs total RAM and have 593,737 bytes free in lower memory. Pulling all extraneous Windows apps out and leaving only Explorer running still gives the same error. I have redownloaded the file, reinstalled several times and run Reg Clean 4.1. Any suggestions would surely be appreciate . Thanks, Roger

The new version of rasapi32.dll is included in the Win95 PPTP upgrade. On some systems this new version disables DUN. Hence, it is important that you make a backup copy of your old rasapi32.dll BEORE you install DynamIP so that you can go back to the old version if your Dial-Up Networking doesn't work anymore after installing DynamIP. Alternatively, you can upgrade your DUN to version v1.2 (the PPTP upgrade). Details are available on the DynamIP download page. As for the memory error, I have no idea what could be causing it (I know that DynamIP takes up quite some resources, but not that many...). I'll look into it if I find time. Sorry for the bad news. Chris

Is Dynamip compatible with Symantec's iShare? Have you seen this product? Do you plan on incorporating anything similar into your product (sharing a single Internet connection across several computers using Netbeui)?

Haven't seen iShare and if DynamIP is compatible with iShare then it's just a lucky coincidence. I have no plans to incorporate Internet sharing capability into DynamIP. We're currently putting a lot of resources into developing DIPS (Dynamic IP Server). You can check it out at http://DIPS.home.ml.org/. DIPS is great if you want to publish web content using a fixed/static URL even though you have a dynamic IP address. We're working on some more cool features, i.e. ch c,k the DIPS pages on a regular basis. Also, we appreciate everybody's input/thoughts about the service. Drop us a line at DIPS@bigfoot.com. Chris

Thanks Christoph, keep us posted on Dynamip's new features. This program is a great service for folks who have dynamic ip access to Internet servers. One problem I see is that a lot of folks may not understand the need for this. But you're doing a good job of educating folks. I'll check out the above url.

DynamIP v3.01 released. Get it from http://DynamIP.home.ml.org/. Some minor bug fixes (DUN related) and now with full DIPS support. DIPS (Dynamic IP Server) is our new free service that allows people to publish web content from their own computer through a fixed URL even though they are on a dynamic IP address! Detailed information about DIPS is available from http://DIPS.home.ml.org/. Again, support for DynamIP will very reduced until I'm fully installed back in Europe. It would be nice if some you the "insiders" could provide peer support to those who need it right here in this groups. Thanks in advance! Chris

Who needs Hannah Storm and Ahmad Rashad, get the "inside stuff" here.

Help! I installed Dynamip 3.01 and I get "system error &H80604065 (-2147467259). unspecified error " whenevver I try to run it. I never installed it before so legacy OCX can't be an issue. I've tried skipping my startup files, and killing everything but explorer in the task list. I have the all the updates to DUN/winsock available from MS, and to W95 for that matter. My DUN works perfectly otherwise. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, but all it does when I try to start it is a pause then a dia og with that message. Please help! JP P.S. Is this the only source for help? This board wasn't working for a while, and I wonder if during that period ppl gave up on this board.

Nope. We were only down for installaiont of a new hard drive for a few days. We're pretty much been up solid for three years. Usually the dynamip folsk check in. Will you email them and tell them there's some activity here for them please?

I've just installed dynamic IP 3.0.1 and I'm having some problems with the uploader. I've verified the ids, paths, passwords etc. and everything is OK. But what happens is it tries to connect and then tells me the connection failed. I experimented a little and put junk in the id and password fields and I got the same error! Is there anyway to see a log of the commands that are getting sent to the ftp server? I suspect it's a timing issue.

Augh! I've just installed the newest ver (new user) of DynamIP and finally figured it out. But NOW when it posts, this is all it ever posts: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DynamI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Yeah, I know I had to alter some of the tags so I could post... Obviously, this does little good... =\ Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Terry

Bummer... The last post was all wrong... trying again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $lt;head> meta http-equiv="Content-Type" <content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

I'm having the same problem as #117 above. Also, the regsrv32.zip doesn't exist according to the browser Please help. Thanx -- Greg.

Can anyone tell me where to enter the userid/password for dialing for my PPP connection when using DynamIP to dial? I am not able to connect due to authorization errors - Dunce has a place in the configuration to enter the account information but i cant find it in dynamicIP DUN setup.

Hi Mark, Your userid/password should be entered in the standard Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking dialog for the connection you created for your ISP. (I'm assuming you're using Windows 95) You then tell DynamIP which Dial-Up Networking connections(s) to use. Go into DynamIPsetup - DUN/RAS Set the connection status to "Dynamic IP Address (RAS)" (At least try that one first) Then in the AutoConnect / AutoDisconnect section you can set it use up to 3 of your dial-up networking connections. You don't have to set them all. But whatever you do set, make sure you have checked the box to the left of the connection(s) you've selected. Make sense? Good luck. Marty

Ok, this is off topic but related. I got Dynamip working by unregistering and reregistering the ocx's. My problem now is that whenever I setup servers they grab the IP of my ethernet adapter instead of my dial up apapter. I had this problem before once upon a time and resolved it by removing all the network components and readding them making sure I added the dial up adapter first. But apparently somewhere along the line a dun upgrade has caused that to no longer work, and it grabs my ethernet adapter IP ddress no matter what. The only way I can get winsock servers to get the right ip now (which is alas dynamic) is to remove tcpip for the ethernet adapter. This is a pain and involves a restart and there's got to be a better way. Does anybody know, or have any ideas where to look? WINIPCFG doesn't do anything.\ AUAHWBGA, JP

Chris M, A terrific app! One minor thing I haven't seen anyone else point out. One wonderful thing that dynamip does is close and open apps. I use it to close com port using apps on startup (works fine) and open them on exit. Unfortunately it starts the apps before the com port is released. I realize this is most probably due to latency in the os, and that the disconnect call has very likely indeed been issued, but not completed. If that is the case, and programming a check is a big hassle, maybe you could add a d lay checkbox? One second ought to do nicely, although variable wouldn't hurt. A simple fix that could make dynamip a little more useful. Not intended as a criticism, just a thought. Again thanks for a great program! JP

I think DynamIP is potentially one of the best Internet Applicaitons around and I thank Christoph for creating it. However, I am having a problem which is probably more common that I thought originally. I have configured everything correctly and have been able to locate my web page on a couple of occasions. But after the first connect, things seem to fall apart. I can never find it again. I get a message that no server is registered at DIPS, and can't locate my page or my ftp server again. I'm sure some o you gurus can identify with little thought the source of this problem and give me some advice as to how to correct it. It would certainly be appreciated. I wonder if it's something with the DIPS relay service or...God forbid...I really didn't have things configured properly in the first place. But that wouldn't explain the fact that I have been able to connect with this configuration.

Hi, I am new to this conference. I want to post a new topic but find only this "response" window. I hope it doesn't go to the wrong place. I want to use PCanywhere to connect my laptop (remote) to my desktop (host) in Network Mode, using TCP/IP. I got the following instruction from Symantec: On desktop: 1. setup desktop PCanywhere to "Be a Host", "Network", and use "TCP/IP" 2. log into my ISP (IBM Global Network, using IBM dialer software) 3. start up PCanywhere, and a window will show the dyna IP and message of "waiting for connection" On my remote: 1. start up PCanywhere, run "Remote Control" and "Network" 2. enter the host IP address, in this case, the dyna IP assigned to my desktop The problem is how can I know the dyna IP address if I am not in the office. How can I use DynamIP to inform me and let me know from my remote laptop what IP address to use? I have a commercial web site with a web hosting company. I thought about keeping a "dummy" page there (no one knows it's there except me), then after my host logs in, received IP address and upload that IP to the page, I can then FTP my web site (WS-FTP32, login and password required), read that dummy page to see what IP address is assigned to my desktop. But I am not sure whether DynamIP can write to my dummy file since to modify my web site pages might require proper user login and password. The other possibility is to put dummy page on my desktop and subscribe to DIPS service. Then from my laptop I can just start browser and read that dummy page. I need to do all this because I will be remote control from abroad (desktop in California) and want to avoid international call charges. Desktop will either be on all the time or be started by timer, with all necessary application lauched by scheduler so it will be ready for me to access. Thanks for everyone's help Charles Lin

I read a post by someone about not being able to connect using DynamIP 3.01 I am having the same problem, my DUN connector will not save my password therefore it has to be entered everytime it is dialed. Dunce does this and i was wondering if there is a place to enter the password in DynamIP? I have read through all the help files I think and I have not found this. Except for this little problem the programs looks awesome! IBDoomed ICQ:1233243

Actually we need to create a PC Anywhere topic but it may not fall under the definition that Forrest uses to select his apps. Perhaps Forrest could explain the criteria that he uses. We have other conferences on the Spring that deal with other subjects, for example, we have a web conference, an Internet conference, a Windows conference, etc. I'll create a conference in the Windows conference and try to alert the support people at Symantec to it's existence. Join the Windows conference for a discussion of PC Anywhere.

When trying to upload numbers to geocities, it won't let me unless I have the async box checked. Any suggestions as what to do??

My apologies for not checking and answering questions for such a long time. My move to Switzerland went ok, but I spent the last 2 weeks in hospital (slipped disk which had to be fixed with surgery). I'm currently not in a state to do any programming (I'm not allowed to sit down for 2-3 months...), but at least I should be able to answer questions... Chris #117 and #122 can be solved by uninstalling and then reinstalling all the OCXs used by DynamIP (see the requirements page at http://DynamIP.home.ml.org/) #123 and #124: if Win95 doesn't save your password you have probably installed ServicePack 1 and are missing the Password Upgrade (both available from MS). This problem is NOT related to DynamIP at all. #125: I assume DynamIP fetches the correct IP address (if not, change the method in Setup|DUN/RAS). I would not know how to tell a third party server how to get the correct IP address. #126: I'm currently not in a state to do any programming (see above). Hope you'll be able to work around this problem somehow. #127: I'm not sure I understand the nature of the problem. If your problem is DIPS related, you can try the new thin client available from http://crubelier.stanford.edu/~cmu/DIPSClient/ If the problem is DUN/RAS related, you might try to upgrade to the latest version of Winsock (use the PPTP upgrade available from MS). Also, some problems exist if you have WINS enabled. #128: both methods will work (DynamIP is certainly able to upload a web page to your ISP using FTP). if all you need is the dynamic IP address of your desktop you might get away with using fewer resources by subscribing to DIPS and using the new thin client available from http://crubelier.stanford.edu/~cmu/DIPSClient/ #129: looks like a "ServicePack 1 installed" problem. Get the Password Upgrade available from MS to fix this. Has nothing to do with DynamIP. #130: I haven't tried Geocities in a long time, but from my own experience there are all kinds of problems using their service. Most annoying of all is the more or less random delay between you uploading your updated page to their FTP server and the page being available from their HTTPD. Not very good if your IP address changes frequently...

Sorry to hear about your slipped disk, Christoph, no wonder we havne't been hearing much from you. Here's wishing you a total recovery, hope you're ok.

Hi all, Sorry to hear about the slipped disk/surgery woes, Chris. Here's wishing you a speedy recovery. In reference to the above posts about the password not sticking in the Dial-Up Networking screen... I'm not sure what this "Password Upgrade" is all about that Chris mentioned, but I will check it out. In the meantime... here's a workaround... Create a Windows 95 Login with the SAME username as you're using with your Dial-Up Networking account. (Note: you don't need to set a Windows 95 password with this username. It's up to you.) The way you do this is simple. Click "Start" - "Shutdown" - "Close all programs and log on as a different user". Type the same username that's in your Dial-Up Networking screen. (The password is optional and not necessary.) Once you're logged in to Windows 95, initiate a non-DynamIP logon to the internet. Type your password into the Dial-Up Networking screen and make sure the "Save password" box is checked. (This is a one time thing.) From then on... no matter what username you're logged into Windows 95 as... the password sticks. Worked for me anyway. Good luck. Regards, Marty Kopp

Result of response 128: I decided to use DIP service. I installed DynamIP, registered with DIPS, enabled my local web server, created a default page for the server to open at start up, and configured DynamIP and modified DynamIP.INI file to enable DIPS. But it does not work. DynamIP does receive the correct dynamic IP address, but when I click on "Online" button, I get a series of beeps and "Warning - Upload #1 failed" and then "FTP error". I think problem is in my setting, but I don't know where or what are the correct value to enter. I ran into some confusion when setting up Setup|Uploader options. I am not sure what to enter for Remote Host, Login ID, Password, Remote file. I assume host is my desktop PC and file is my "dummy" html file. But I am not sure I gave my desktop PC a "host name", nor "login ID" and password. I am not familiar with network setup and security, so perhaps I had configured my PC to have some sort of security, but how can I find out, since I seemed to have forgotten what and how I set it up. Also, I registered the .htm file using lower case, but after reading about the VB5 bug of converting file name to uppercase, I rename html file into uppercase and also made the case change in my MS Web Server "default Page" entry. Thanks for the help. Charles Lin, clin@ibm.net

I have a little problem with uploading DynamIP pages on a Server where my site is in a directory and not the root. I usually use Front Page to publish my pages and I have a login check to enter that directory (login is obviously different to access root). I'm working to build a new site there and I need to solve that problem. Hope someone could help. Thanks. Luis Martins

DynamIP 3.0 Runtime error OUT OF MEMORY. Clean install, no errors; nothing else running, 32M mem avail., above error from ANY attempt to configure. ????????

Thanx for the good wishes. I'm doing quite ok again (well, considering the circumstances...). Some walking around and getting the most important stuff done again. Here some quick answers: #135 Check out the DynamIP site. Under "Use WEBchat without uploading files" on the page for advanced users you'll find all the correct settings. #136 The remote directory can be specified together with the remote file name (e.g. public_html/DynamIP.htm). Note that depending on the settings the directory/file name gets converted to all caps because of a bug in the VB5 FTP library... #137 First of all, you should upgrade to the latest version DynamIP v3.01. If you still get the same error, I would try to manually install the OCX files (make sure you have the correct versions on your machine...). Chris

The previous problem with the wininet.dll installed by IE4.0 b1 seems to have been fixed in the 2nd preview release. I couldn't upload to ftp with pr1 but everything works fine with pr2. Have a speedy recovery, Chris... Justin

Has the bug in VB5 FTP library for all CAPS directory/filenames been sorted out as yet? Singnet in Singapore will accept only Asynch uploads onle and has directory names for users in lower case only. Speedy Recovery Chris. Ap.Muthu

Where can we get DynamIP's earlier versions which worked fine for Asynch uploads - ver 2.6, ver 2.7, ver 2.8 - Chris please keep an archive of your earlier versions till the FTP error in the VB5 library gets sorted out. Regards, Ap.Muthu

pentium 166 with 16Mo ram has problem with dynamic Ip : When i want setup dynamic ip, i have this message : runtime error '7' out of memory and the programm close please help me, i have no solution thank you, greeting from france

#140/141: I'm not aware of any bug fixes, but if somebody has information available, please drop me a line at cmu@bigfoot.com so that I can take care of this annoying problem. As for old versions, I simply don't have the resources to keep them up (let alone support them...). #142: Out of memory problems are most likely caused by wrong versions of libraries (OCX). Verify that you've got the correct version on your machine and register the libraries manually. Instructions are available on the DynamIP site. Chris

I am having some upload problems. I think that I have the ftp information set correctly. When I click on "online", the program gives me an immediate ftp error and beeps about 7 times. I have successfully ftp-ed to the site using the same name with the NT command-line ftp. Any ideas? Everything else seems to work ok. Thanks, Chris

FTP Problems. First I would like to say that I LOVE this program and that it has saved me a small fortune not paying for the server space that I would use on an IP server. I have found that on the FTP hyperlink that DynamIP adds a / after the end of the hyperlink insertion. The problem is that Netscape and IE both mistake the / of the hyperlink as a UNIX subdirectory of the root, and unless that IS the root you get an error everytime. Is there a workaround to the IP hyperlink path problem? Any mods in the future planned for path statements??? Please??? lol.

Nevermind Chris.. I worked it out! I wouldn't do without this program..

I found DynamIP with Tucows. In their description they state "and establish point-to-point connection with MS NetMeeting". Is this correct? How does it work? Thanks for your reply.

That means you can simulate two computers that have ip addresses. Which allows private netmeetings.

Thanks for your reply, Terry. Could you give me more details. I am a newby. MS told me that with their NetMeeting program a third server (chat room) is needed and point-to-point is not possible. As their chat rooms are very busy and difficult to get in, it would be great to use DynamIP. I just dont know how to make NetMeeting work without the third server (chat room). Can you give me an answer?

Hi Chris, I'm trying to figure out why people using America Online are unable to use the WebChat feature of your program (which is a killer-app by the way!!) I am guessing that AOL doesn't like the use of port 1498 or something. I am using an ISP and have no problems from anyone but AOL users... I can receive all messages sent by the person via WebChat, but as soon as I respond, the following message comes up (on a blank web page): Cannot retrieve http://152.174.91.232POST (where the IP address is that of the AOL user!) Help please! Thanks, Chris Leger

Response to question #149: Here's how the NetMeeting stuff works. The problem of establishing a direct point-to-point connection with NetMeeting is that you have to know the IP address of the computer you want to connect to. Either you connect to one of the many servers, or you can use DynamIP to scan a particular range of IP addresses to find the other computer (note that the other computer must be running DynamIP as well). This scanning of IP addresses works quite well if your ISP assigns you a dynamic IP address where only the l st bit changes each time you logon (e.g. 195.114.68.xxx), it is quite tedious if you're using something like AT&T WorldNet or MSN because one has to scan many ranges to find your computer. Once the two DynamIP clients have found each other, you're only a click away from establishing a point-to-point connection with NetMeeting. Note, however, that the real challenge is how to find out the IP address of the other computer (once you have the IP address, you might as well just type in this IP address into the NetMeeting client). You can read more details on the DynamIP web site at http://DynamIP.home.ml.org/. I hope that helps. Response to question #150: I have no idea why it doesn't work on AOL, but it is quite likely that they filter out traffic on the WEBchat port. Somebody who's using AOL could maybe try to play around with the port number (there are instructions on the DynamIP web site about how to change the default WEBchat port to something else). I have never used AOL (and quite frankly, I don't intend to use it), i.e. I can't really help you out on this one. However, if somebody figures out what exactly is wrong, I'm happy to change things on the DynamIP side if necessary. Chris

DynamIP v3.30 beta 1 released. Get it from http://DynamIP.home.ml.org/. Microsoft finally fixed the control MSINET.OCX so that the DynamIP uploader works properly now (fully asynchronous). Some minor bug fixes (DUN related) and now with full DIPS support. DIPS (Dynamic IP Server) is our new free service that allows people to publish web content from their own computer through a fixed URL even though they are on a dynamic IP address! Detailed information about DIPS is available from http://DIPS.home.ml.org/. For a limited time there is also a mirror site available in Europe at http://home.clara.net/cmu/ Support for DynamIP is alo back to its normal level as I've fully recovered from my back surgery. Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year to all of you. Chris

Congratulations on your recovery, I'm glad to hear you're well. Please come see us often and share your insights. Perhaps we can ease the entry of new users in the DynamIP sphere.

I have downloaded and installed the new DynamIP v3.30 beta 1 Am having a problem with the uploader. It seems to connect to my ISP, logon, and exchange passwords. Then it just times out. I have reset all the template files as per the DynamIP instructions. I have also deleted my dynamip.ini file and started over from scratch with the same results. I have unchecked the delete before put box. Here is the info from my log file. 12/14/97/9:00:16 AM: going Online... 12/14/97/9:00:16 AM: Resolving Name [ftp.gate.net] 12/14/97/9:00:16 AM: Name Resolved 12/14/97/9:00:16 AM: Connecting [ftp.gate.net] 12/14/97/9:00:16 AM: Connected | Authentication 12/14/97/9:00:17 AM: Connected | Transfer 12/14/97/9:00:25 AM: WEBchat ON (init) 12/14/97/9:00:55 AM: WEBchat ON (init) 12/14/97/9:00:58 AM: timeout... ftp.gate.net (link #1) 12/14/97/9:00:58 AM: WARNING: Upload #1 failed! [DynamIP Warning] 12/14/97/9:00:58 AM: Disconnecting 12/14/97/9:00:58 AM: Disconnected 12/14/97/9:01:01 AM: FTP error I have uninstalled and gone back to release 3.02 and managed to get the FTP working again. Had to go through the manual unregistering and deleting of the ocx files first. Any suggestions?

I'm having the exact same problem as #154! Frustrating as I haven't had DynamIP working yet. The error log is a bit too basic to help in this situation. Anyone come across this before?

The uploader in 3.30 beta 1 works for me *sometimes* and sometimes not. Haven't noticed any pattern. When it doesn't work I get the same log as 155 above is getting. I have noticed that when it *does* work when I first connect, if I click on the OFFline button without disconnecting... it times out. Then I can't get DynamIP to exit (or quit) without brute force. i.e., rebooting.

I've signed up for the DIPS service since the previous message and now the uploader works 99% of the time. Is this a coincidence or did I do something else to fix it? Also...is it my imagination or did the iphone link in uploaded pages used to work with Netscape Navigator 3? I'm using Communicator 4 now and it doesn't work. Checked out the DynamIP pages and it only mentions it working with IE. So... was it a dream? :-)

DynamIP v3.30 beta 2 released. Get it from http://DynamIP.home.ml.org/. Some minor fixes with the uploader, but the true improvement is in the module that detects your computer's IP address: DynamIP supports environments with multiple IP addresses and multiple adapters (multihomed). Even if you're on a LAN and use a modem to dial up every now and then DynamIP is now capable of detecting your IP address correctly. Unfortunately, DynamIP still won't work properly with some FTPDs out there. If you are having problems with the uploader (e.g. it times out and you can never upload your file), please activate logging and check where exactly the thing doesn't move anymore. I am a little reluctant to write my own FTP client just because MS still hasn't been able to put everything into MSINET.OCX, but maybe it just has to be. However, if you have already installed a web server on your own machine (e.g. MS personal web serve [free like many others]), you could actually serve the page with your IP address directly from your own computer. Sign up for a free DIPS account and then use DynamIP's DIPS client capability. DIPS (Dynamic IP Server) is our new free service that allows people to publish web content from their own computer through a fixed URL even though they are on a dynamic IP address! Detailed information about DIPS is available from http://DIPS.home.ml.org/. What happened to www.iceinc.net, the new DynamIP home? Well, I have no idea myself. I lost contact with the guys shortly after the big storms hit the US and I don't know whether it's just a technical problem or whether they folded for good... In the mean time, DynamIP is available from my Stanford mirror site at http://graphics.stanford.edu/~jbasch/cmu/DynamIP. DynamIP.ml.org will automatically take you there for the time being. And here a hint as to whether iphone, callto, and stuff works with the Netscape products. In principle it does, but it depends on the server settings. Unless your Netscape browser gets a clue from the server it won't know what client to start. With Internet Explorer the callto tag is always associated with NetMeeting (assuming it is installed), regardless of the server settings. Well, thx for your continued support. Chris PS: Oh, if anybody knows why Stroud's still not willing to cough up that last bit of the 5th star, please tell me. He still complains about DynamIP being mostly of use to those with dynamic IP addresses, but that is really a bit short sighted. Lots of people (including myself) use DynamIP in LAN environments.

How is it useful to you in LAN environments and is it useful at all to people with LANS running dedicated ip addresses? Have you heard that they are going to start charging for IP addresses?

Hello every body i can' t Setting dynamix ip ....Please help me my email is jansengrat@usa.net

DynamIP v3.30 beta 2 is the first version that allows you to clearly specify (using include/exclude filters and adapter numbers) to which IP address DynamIP should "react" (assuming you have multiple IP addresses, e.g. if you're on a LAN [with a static IP address] and use a modem to connect to your private ISP [and therefore get a static IP address]. Previous versions of DynamIP simply returned the first IP address found and more often than not this was not the one "dynamic IP address" people wanted to us for template updates, etc. Not a big issue for most DynamIP users, but those who struggled with this problem in the past (and asked me for a fix) got exactly what they wanted. Obviously, if you are on a LAN and have only 1 static IP address this improvement won't do anything for you (DynamIP has been working fine in such environments before). Haven't heard anything about being charged for IP addresses... Chris

I hear it's on the way, when that happens dynamic ip will get even more popular. I just got a Compaq Notebook and I'll be using it on a lan at home and connecting to an isp on the road. Do you have any recommendations for a national isp that would be good to use on the road in terms of being compatible with dynamip? (eg. AOhell, MindSpring, AT&T, etc.)

I have an intersting problem. DynamIP runs normally but sometime after the session is over Rnaapp hangs, locking up the system. When I start a session without DynamIP, Rnaapp terminates normally 10 or 15 min. after the session is over. I am at a loss on how to troubleshoot this one. Any ideas? I am running Win95 OSR2 with explorer 4.01.

I have to say that I really like the concept of DynamicIP, however I am having a problem with the Upload feature. I have traced the process as best I could and was able to determine that it logs into my ftp, enters the password and then times out for some reason. Anyone have a posible solution to this. After reading the documentation I have the feeling it involves the ftp commands issued by DynamicIP. Is it possible to modify the Upload action itself? Anyone with suggestions or input please feel free o email me at: twinz@bellsouth.net or lost@dione.ccti.net (text only;ELM;UNIX system) Rob E.

Hi all. It looks like everyone else is having good luck with the new release. Unfortunately, that's not the case for me. I'm running NT4.0 with SP3 and RAS installed and working perfectly. Apparently, the install program for DynamIP is having problems registering some of my OCXs. When I try to start the program, it says that msinet.ocx is not functioning or not registered or something. I double checked the version numbers AND sizes of all the files. I have also tried the whole manual register a few time with no luck. When trying to register/unregister msinet.ocx, an error message pops up which reports the error code as some hex number. After looking through these posts, I know people were having similar problems in the past, but it seems that the actual solutions people found were never reposted. Does there happen to be a newsgroup for DynamIP? This system is a little cumbersom... Thanks in advance for ANY and ALL help! Ryan lynchrl@colorado.edu olequt32.dll riched32.dll

DynamIP v3.30 beta 4 released. Get it from http://www.bigfoot.com/~DynamIP/. This new beta is especially useful if you had problems with the uploader (probably caused by MSINET.OCX which still doesn't work properly with some FTPD). Anyway, beta 4 supports DIPFTP Client which uses FTP routines available in WININET.DLL (you can even get the source code if you need to fine-tune the upload). Also, if you have IE4/ActiveDesktop installed, DynamIP now features IE4 tyle toolbars (coolbars). Enhanced support for machines with multiple IP addresses. Some minor bug fixes (DUN related) and now with full DIPS support. DIPS (Dynamic IP Server) is our new free service that allows people to publish web content from their own computer through a fixed URL even though they are on a dynamic IP address! Detailed information about DIPS is available from http://postmodem.com/dips-admin/. The DynamIP site has been redone completely. It also got a new home at xoom. Check it out at http://www.bigfoot.com/~DynamIP/! Chris

Wow, a total makeover! What's next? Is this you only product?

I downloaded the new beta 4 quickupgrade (yes, I was using beta 3 successfully) and now I'm getting the same errors that response 165 above is getting... (The only difference is that I'm using Windows 95) " ... I try to start the program, it says that msinet.ocx is not functioning or not registered or something. I double checked the version numbers AND sizes of all the files. I have also tried the whole manual register a few time with no luck. When trying to register/unregister msinet.ocx, an error message pops up which reports the error code as some hex number. " The error code that regsvr32 is spitting back is "LoadLibrary("msinet.ocx") failed. GetLastError returns 0x0000001f." This happens whether trying to register or unregister. Any ideas?

OK...problem solved to the above. Turns out it was the newer version of WININET.DLL that I installed. There's a link to it on the DynamIP page. As soon as I went back to the older version I was able to unregister msinet.ocx.

DynamIP v3.30 final release released. Get it from http://www.bigfoot.com/~DynamIP/. NEW: DynamIP v3.30 can be installed as an NT Service. Furthermore, DynamIP v3.30 is especially useful if you had problems with the uploader (probably caused by MSINET.OCX which still doesn't work properly with some FTPD). Anyway, this final release supports DIPFTP Client which uses FTP routines available in WININET.DLL (you can even get the source code if you need to fine-tune the upload). Also, if you have IE4/ActiveDesktop installed, DynamIP now features IE4 style toolbars (coolbars). Enhanced support for machines with multiple IP addresses. Some minor bug fixes (DUN related) and now with full DIPS support. DIPS (Dynamic IP Server) is our new free service that allows people to publish web content from their own computer through a fixed URL even though they are on a dynamic IP address! Detailed information about DIPS is available from http://postmodem.com/dips-admin/. The DynamIP site has been redone completely. It' also got a new home at xoom. Check it out at http://www.bigfoot.com/~DynamIP/! The DynamIP web site also features a Chat Room. Give it a try if you need real-time help or just want to hang out with other DynamIP users. Chris

Christoph, tell us about your company and your operation if you would. HOw many people and what do they do? Or is it a one person business? How did you get started? How the idea for DynamIP evolve?

Well, there is no company behind DynamIP (I'm what you call a "one person business"). DynamIP is something that I started developing about 2 years ago because I couldn't afford a permanent Internet connection. I needed a tool that would allow me to tell my friends how to get in contact with me once I was online (there was no ICQ back in 1996...). The first versions of DynamIP were nothing more than simple IP Posters, i.e. they would allow you to post a web page containing the current IP Address to a web s rver. Later I just kept adding features that I thought would be useful, e.g. a POP mail checker and a PC clock synchronizer (my PC clock was always off be a few minutes...). With time more and more people started using DynamIP, and with the increased user base I started getting more and more requests for additional features. Quite a few of those requests/suggestions made it into DynamIP over time. The current version DynamIP v3.30 final release includes: - DUN/RAS dialer (timer-controlled w/ program launch) - Uploader (the IP Poster) - POP mail checker - a fully functional DIPS Client - IPchat/WEBchat - HTTP scanner If you want to know more about DynamIP you can move over to http://www.bigfoot.com/~DynamIP/ and read all the details about this free Internet utility. More about myself is available at http://www.bigfoot.com/~cmu/.

I recently load IE 4.0 Service Pack 1. I was using IE 4.01 prior. As soon as I mad the switch, DIPFTP stopped working. comments?

Hello, I am new to this discussion group and I was stumped by the number of messgaes in here. In any case, can someone PLEASE tell me how to setup WEBCHAT? My computer crashes a LOT whenever I go to CMU's site and I couldn't find any information relevant on how to edit the source code so that the panel appears on my web page. PLEASE help me! -M W

Well, I don't have the WebChat working but I think I know why now. I have an IP address that changes so I will to read more into your faq CMU. BTW I LOVE the online indicator. It's great!! THanks CMU!! MW

First, a big thank you to Christoph for his fine work. Why is it that much of the really useful software out there is freeware? Here's something that might help some of you having trouble with the ftp upload phase of the IP address stuffer. I had a problem when I installed DynamIP in that everything seemed to work except that last phase. I'd get ftp timeout errors every time. Turned out that simply changing the 'Local File's address from "c:\program files\dynamip\filename" to "c:\progra~1\dynamip\filename" fixed the problem. Seemed to be a problem, at least on my system, with the long filename with the space. Could I make an enhancement request? I'm with an ISP who has six possible dialup numbers. Could the DynamIP list be expanded to handle the larger number? Also, I'm full-up with the Applications I launch and would like to have DynamIP launch a couple more. Any chance the number could be expanded from 5 to, say, 10 launches? Question: Is there any way to assign a Win95 (win98 in my case) keystroke to command a dialup? I often come to my computer desk with a blank (screen-saved) CRT and instead of waiting for everything to wake up before left-right the DynamIP icon, it'd save me a few to be able to command a default dialup with a Windows keystroke. In other words, is there a command-line argument that would initiate a default dialup? Note that DynamIP is normally already started and is sitting there in the task tray, so simply assigning a keystroke to DynamIP does nothing, even if I have it configured to dial on startup. Thanks again for the great work, Chris.

There's a problem with the DynamIP page at xoom. Use the URL http://www.bigfoot.com/~DynamIP/ to get to an emergency page. You will also find a link to the temporary home of DynamIP. Note that you can also download the latest version of DynamIP (v3.30 final release) from any Tucows site/mirror. My apologies for the inconvenience. I hope things will clear up soon. Chris

I activated the DynamIP Forum at Delphi. It features a message board and a chat room. Please post your questions and suggestions to the appropriate topic on the message board. Check it out at http://www.delphi.com/DynamIP/. Chris Mueller / DynamIP@bigfoot.com