From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 04:09:46 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 728F716A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:09:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B15443D39 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:09:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26A7460E2; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:09:45 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25927-05; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:09:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406CB60CD; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:09:41 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <41C8F39A.30104@makeworld.com> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:10:02 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041218) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RL References: <20041222035615.GA10180@gamerasmog.com> <1103688155.7511.11.camel@server1> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.0 (20041102) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running own servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:09:46 -0000 RL wrote: > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:04:55 -0500, RL wrote: > >>On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:02:35 -0600, Frank Knobbe wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 22:59 -0500, RL wrote: >>> >>>>I just called my cable modem ISP (adelphia) and they said a static IP >>>>address is $130 per month!!!!!! Forget that! Now what are my other >>>>options? I do have a dynDNS address for my dynamic IP, but I can't run >>>>a DNS server and do reverse DNS with that. :( >>> >>>Without your ISPs assistance, you wouldn't be able to run reverse DNS >>>anyway. Forward DNS on dynamic IP's is tricky as you have to >>>re-register/change your name servers IP address with your domain name >>>provider every time you get a new address. >>> >>>DynDNS for SMPT is doable, but forget DNS. >>> >>>-Frank > > > > So I guess my only option *if* I wanted to do this was to buy a > business class DSL service that offers a static IP? Correct - then again *IF* the DSL provider will allow you to be authoritive (and that's not really gonna happen) They will howver, do the reverse for you at that point. -- Best regards, Chris There are two kinds of adhesive tape: That which won't stay on and that which won't come off.