Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 13:05:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com>, JGarcia <jgarcia@brokersys.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: info for ISP Message-ID: <19980709130502.N15625@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708232708.14392A-100000@super-g.inch.com>; from spork on Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 11:29:46PM -0400 References: <35A2C027.92FF629E@brokersys.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708232708.14392A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Wednesday, 8 July 1998 at 23:29:46 -0400, spork wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, JGarcia wrote: > >> my internet provider is very quiet about some of the information they >> want to give me. What do I need beside my 2 DNS addresses, that they >> provide with win95 setup? and the phone number to dialup with.? > > You've got it all except for the news host, mail host, and pop host. I > don't suggest trying to hardcode the other end of the link or your own > address. I do, at least your own address. But you'll have difficulty finding an ISP who will do it for you. > Your address is most likely dynamically assigned when you dial > in, and the ISP side will change depending on what term server you land on > when you dial. One of the biggest problems we have with supporting unix > accounts is people that insist on hardcoding the "ISP side" of the link > even though they only have a one in seven chance of getting the same > address each time... The other end of the link is of almost no importance on a PPP link. But there are good reasons to want to have your own IP address (one of them is that it looks more professional to have a message come from, say, freebie.lemis.com than ip133.lnk.telstra.net). It is also imperative if you want to be able to hang up the phone line, redial and still have your long-standing connections work. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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