Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 11:29:16 +0100 From: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta <megarcia@intercom.es> To: david@banning.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web hosting with a dynamic IP address question Message-ID: <20001125112916.A372@ilex.kicelo.org> In-Reply-To: <200011250537.AAA00520@d.tracker> References: <200011250537.AAA00520@d.tracker>
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David, === David Banning escribia (Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 12:37:37AM -0500): > > I would like to call into my computer and access it like a web host > from somewhere else on the web. My thought is that this should be possible > if my IP address is known. > > Since my dynamic IP address changes on every dialup, > would it not be possible for my FreeBSD machine to, following connection > do some inquiry into what my IP address is, then have FreeBSD copy the > IP address to my external WEB site, where I could have a link/script > that takes the address and guides me into my home server? It should be possible, have you cheked /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup (for userland ppp ) or /etc/ppp/ip-up (for kernel ppp ) ? Or maybe you are not using ppp ? Manuel Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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