[cvsnt] Re: CVS +Tortoise working for me on my LAN. Now I want to access remotely

[Glen Starrett]

Bo Berglund wrote:
>>firewall to that servermachine. I can obtain the mostly-static IP
>>address. But when I go remote, I only know (for example):
>>:sspi:123.321.255.64:/cvsnt/cvsrepo
> 
> 
> No you don't! One way to get this working OK is to enter the name of
> your cvsnt server and its IP address into the
> system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS file.
> After this you can continue using the name of the cvs server and
> additionally if the IP address changes you need only edit the HOSTS
> file.

FYI, Using a DDNS service will automatically keep that name to IP 
mapping correct for you and be more robust.  HOSTS file certainly works, 
but requires you change it when your IP changes.

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Glen Starrett