From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 14:21:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB5E16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:21:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 9.hellooperator.net (cpc3-cdif2-3-0-cust202.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.32.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BCD43D2D for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:21:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputin@hellooperator.net) Received: from rasputin by 9.hellooperator.net with local (Exim 4.43) id 1CQ4yI-0004Bx-E2; Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:21:46 +0000 Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:21:46 +0000 From: Dick Davies To: Lloyd Hayes Message-ID: <20041105142146.GA1091@lb.tenfour> References: <418A53E5.40404@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <418A53E5.40404@yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: Rasputin cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Naming confusion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:21:48 -0000 * Lloyd Hayes [1109 16:09]: > Here's a new thread. > Naming the computer host? > > I'm confused by this. As I understand it, I get a different DNS > assignment every time that I hook into the Internet from a different > location. Yet FBSD seems to want a permanent assignment which I would > normally get from my ISP. I don't have a permanent ISP. I mainly use 2 > services at locations all across the USA. Normally I simply assign a > name to the computer, but it appears that FBSD wants a complete Internet > address. No, it shouldn't do. But life does get a lot saner if you get a free dynamic domain name from somewhere like dyndns.org and use ddclient from ports to automatically update it when you change IP. -- Oh how awful. Did he at least die peacefully? ....To shreds you say, tsk tsk tsk. Well, how's his wife holding up? ....To shreds, you say... - Prof. Farnsworth Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns