Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:48:48 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: zeidaot@l1.conline.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My FreeBSD host name and static IP question. Message-ID: <9604201346.AA14005@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <01BB2E8A.D466EBE0@dal1-7.conline.com> (message from Mitch Shaw on Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:12:04 -0500)
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>>>>> "Mitch" == Mitch Shaw <zeidaot@l1.conline.com> writes:
Mitch> Does anybody know a way or "hack" to keep your host name if
Mitch> your host name is static but your ip is dynamic?
This will require work on behalf of your service provider: they need a
special version of BIND that can map your chosen name onto whatever
dynamic address you happen to be using at the time---or return a
failed lookup if you're not using any address at all. I don't know of
any service provider providing such a service ... ;-)
In short, there's nothing you can do except ask your service provider
for a fixed IP address/hostname or find another service provider.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
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