Archive for December, 2005

This article is written as a follow-up to my previous article on UltraVNC where many visitors commented with suggestions for software they use for remote connection and remote assistance. Most users are connecting through routers and NATs (explained below), so they may not be able to forward ports on the remote router. If you are providing remote assistance, the remote user, a family member or friend, might be incapable of forwarding ports on the router.

Dynamic DNS is a service that lets you create a domain name that will map to your dynamic IP address so that you can run a home server without having a static IP address. Static IP addresses are typically not provided to residential broadband customers and sometimes ISPs charge a hefty price for one. Until recently, if you ran a Dynamic DNS service like this, you would need to install a client that would constantly monitor your external “routable” address, then update the Dynamic DNS servers so that the same domain could always find your server.

If you’ve got a personal website or blog and don’t have the money to spend on an advanced statistics package, you want to find the best free stats package out there to find out where your visitors are coming from and what they are looking for.