Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:15:31 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: mss@crl.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stan@mos.com.np Subject: Re: Static vs. dynamic IP addr Message-ID: <199707011315.IAA01122@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <33B853A4.3A4B@crl.com> from Michael Slaughter at "Jun 30, 97 05:47:32 pm"
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In a previous message, Michael Slaughter said: > Good people: > > My ISP (crl by name) dynamically assigns IP addresses to individuals > with PPP accounts. I am one of these, just one person with one computer. > But I also now have a registered domain name. > > What can you tell me about FreeBSD in this regard? (That is, could I, > with FreeBSD, retain my current PPP account and be able to use my domain > name?) > > Regards from just south of San Francisco, I think you'll need your ISP to host the domain for you. My ISP will do it for free. Other's think you're a business and charge you 3-4 times a personal account. Your ISP could either virtually host mail account(s), or perhaps store and forward mail, probably uucp, but maybe straight sendmail, without a static address, this could be tricky. Paul. -- To most people, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists, solutions are things that are still all mixed up.
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