From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 8 04:24:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA06887 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 04:24:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA06879 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 04:24:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.59.121]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA11F1; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:24:25 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19981108213544.P499@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:28:23 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Greg Lehey Subject: Re: HELP with connecting to ISP Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 08-Nov-98 Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 8 November 1998 at 11:47:11 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: >> On 08-Nov-98 steve kruzich wrote: >>> 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? Dunno, guess my knowledge fails there... I would settle for a Shiva AccessPort then... Eliminates hassle IMO for both ISP as yerself... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl Junior Network/Security Specialist *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message