From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 8 10:19: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from europe.std.com (europe.std.com [199.172.62.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C22037B63D for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:19:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lowell@world.std.com) Received: from world.std.com (lowell@world-f.std.com [199.172.62.5]) by europe.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03180 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:18:59 -0500 (EST) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by world.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA24907; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:18:59 -0500 (EST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing apache with a dynamic IP address References: <38C674B3.C11E5127@math.udel.edu> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 08 Mar 2000 13:18:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: Peter Schwenk's message of Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:41:39 -0500 Message-ID: Lines: 30 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peter Schwenk writes: > If you want to access your website from the outside world, then you need a > static address, but if you are just doing development, and you will be running > the browser on the same box as the server, then you don't. You would access > the site from 'localhost', the loopback address. Not quite true. You don't need a static IP address to host a public web server. All you need is a static domain name. The ISP can change your IP address all they want, but if they keep a constant domain name pointing at whatever address you're currently using, you can run your web server fine from that. As a general rule, IP addresses aren't for human consumption. If you need to know what they are (particularly in a DHCP-configured environment), you're probably not using your DNS well. [Of course, I'm assuming that your ISP configures your domain name at all, keeps it up to date, and supplies reverse maps. Many do not.] > "Ash, Uriel" wrote: > > > Hi Everyone; > > > > I host a website using my local ISP. The ISP uses DHCP to give it's clients > > IP addresses. I want to install apache web server on my FreeBSD box at home > > to see how it works and to play a bit. Do I need to get a static IP address > > to use with my BSD box\server or is there any way I can use the address my > > current ISP assigns me via DHCP as the adderess to use with Apache?? > > Thanks > > Uriel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message