From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 03:06:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA26421 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 03:06:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA26413 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 03:06:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA06714; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:35:50 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id VAA06610; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:35:45 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981108213544.P499@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:35:44 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , steve kruzich Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP with connecting to ISP References: <3644E7CD.CEF11FF0@stc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Sun, Nov 08, 1998 at 11:47:11AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Format autorecovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Sunday, 8 November 1998 at 11:47:11 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > On 08-Nov-98 steve kruzich wrote: >> Hi yall, >> I know this question has probably been answered before, but I can't >> find it in the manual. I want to connect my server to my isp and >> they are being A**holes about assigning me a static ip. Is there >> any way to get around their dhcp assignments? > > ppp supports DHCP, so why bother for a static IP? How do you run dial-on-demand if you can't rely on your IP staying the same? To Steve: change your ISP. If you want, tell me who they are and I'll send them a diatribe telling them why they should give you a static IP. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message