Configuration

In the script directory, there is a file containing some information that must be specified to make it run on your server. Locate the file config.pl in the script directory.

There are only three interesting points which need to be set. First of all, the network interface card is very important. Most people use eth0 as the primary network adapter, which gets the IP address from the DHCP server. Is this not the one used on your system, this line must be changed to reflect the correct configuration of your system.

The two following items can be configured if you don't have ifconfig (a program to get information about network cards) on your system, or if you are behind a firewall/router with port forwarding set up. Set getip_ext to 1, and specify a web location with a service for determining your external IP address. (Of course you will want to use the DNS Made Easy service, which is the default.)

config.pl: Configuration of DME Update

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# Start configuring here
#

# Network adapter
$nic = "eth0";

# Use ifconfig command
$getip_ext = 0;

# URL to get IP address to router
$getip_ext_url = "http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/myip.jsp";

#
# Stop configuring here
#
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