The purpose of this program is, to work as a replacement for dynamic DNS. It makes your current IP address available from a password protected website.

You need to register at the DynWebLink website first. Please follow the link below, if you haven't done it already.

DynWebLink Register New Account

After registration you receive an e-mail with your activation key.

Download the DynWebLink package, create a new directory and decompress the package into it.

Download Java Version

The program will ask for the activation on the first start. Just copy the key from the mail.

With this batch file you can run DynWebLink on a Unix or Windows machine.

It implements the following commands:

If the prepared 'dynweblink' batch file is not working for you, you can use the Java classes directly instead.

DynWebLink consists of two parts. The service part, this is the daemon process running in the background, and the client part, this is the tool to control the service.

These parts are implemented with two Java classes. The class 'dwld' is the service and the class 'dwl' is the client.

Call the classes either directly, with a 'java' command, or thru the 'dwl' and 'dwld' batch files.

Here are the example java commands for both classes. The option '-?' is used to display the available options and commands for the class.

In order to run the commands as shown, 'java' needs to be in the current command search path and the 'dwl.jar' archive-file needs to be in the current directory.

Please note that the call to dwld will not return, therefore you need to put it into the background (e.g. prefix 'start /B' on Windows or suffix '&' on Unix).

The website has two login modes. 'Status View' mode and 'Edit' mode. Therefore you have picked two passwords during registration.

'Status View' mode is what you will use most of the time. It is used to show your current IP address and the specified links. You can give the password to other people, so they can connect to your server.

'Edit' mode is for your private use only. In this mode you can change the account data and the specified links.

In order to specify a weblink, for server programs that are accessible from a browser (WWW-Server etc.). You need to log into 'Edit' mode first and then select 'Edit Links' from the status page.

Specify a link, just like you would type it into the browsers address field. Instead of the server name, which is changing with your IP address, simply type #. This placeholder is automatically replaced with your current IP address.

There are examples on the 'Edit Links'-page.

Normally you don't have to change the DynWebLink configuration.

If you cannot use the default configuration, create a XML-file with the changed settings. This file must be named 'config.xml' and stored in the DynWebLink directory.

Use the following frame around the settings :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<setting>
<set name="client">
    your client settings        
</set>
<set name="service">
    your service settings        
</set>
</setting>

Even though the specified encoding is UTF-8, you can save the file as ANSI, since no special characters are used.

A complete config file could look like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<setting>
<set name="client">
<entry name="ServicePort" datatype="int">
56001
</entry>
</set>
<set name="service">
<entry name="UpdateTimeOut" datatype="int">
60000
</entry>
<entry name="ServicePort" datatype="int">
56001
</entry>
<entry name="ServicePortMask" datatype="string">
255.255.128.0
</entry>
</set>
</setting>