What router you got?

Best thing is if you set it up with router dont need a pc on to update your dyn dns. Let me know if i can help in setting it up.

so i sign up an account with dyndns ? and the port forward what to the what.. .. sooo got much on ?

hahaha yeah man can help you get it setup. Give me the model of your adsl router and ill get some instructions for you to follow. Im goin out now but will check morrow and do it. Unless someone helped you before.

the router im using at the momment is a speedstream 6520

thanks heaps

Tim

what service do i need to get on dyndns ?

http://portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

DynDns is the way to go
For remote desktop connection use www.logmein.com
Your IP should be listed in the user console on the ISP's website

when i type my current ip in the webbrowser
it asks me for a username and password. . what would that be. and thats with the dvr not plugged in. i dont have a windows password.

but i tried all sorts passwords

Ok firstly goto dyndns.com and create an account.

http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/howto.html

will show you what you need to know to create an account.

Then on your router configuration there will be an option for dynamic dns. Usually you will enter your username and password for your dynamic dns account and then that will be done.

You now should be able to ping your host you setup with dyndns. So when you create your account you will add a host i.e. mycomputer.dyndns.whatever. When you have it setup on your router open up a command prompt and try ping the hostname you setup. If this works step 1 is complete.

Next you will need to setup port forwarding on the router to forward a specific port to your dvr. This should be port 80 by default. So to do this in the config of your router find port forwarding. It should have a section to enter the port you would like to forward which would be port 80 or whatever the dvr is running on and the ip address to forward to. This will be the internal ip address of your dvr. i.e. something like 192.168.1.100 or whatever it is in your case.

From this to test it you will need to goto a computer that is external to your environment i.e. your friends computer or ask one of us to test it out for you.

If all goes well you should be up and running. Any other questions just ask and I can try find a better tutorial for you more specific to your router. Hope this helps you out.

Cheers

Stefan

doing that will usually go to your router config page. You will need to find the manual for your adsl router to get the default username and password usually something like admin and admin or unless you changed it.

pretty much all dyndns does is resolve your ip address as a name...