Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 18:46:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jason Parsons <jparsons@dreamscape.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dynamic ip? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960826184445.219D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608252232.SAA29608@nova.dreamscape.com>
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Please wrap your lines about column 72. Thanks. On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Jason Parsons wrote: > I have heard that there is a way to register a system name on a dynamic > ip. I was wondering if you know anything about that. For instance, my > machine name is "Saffron" and I am on dreamscape.com. I dialup and > login, with dreamscape's server assigning me an ip. Is there a way so > that while I am logged in, that ip will be addressable as > saffron.dreamscape.com??? Thanks in advance for any insight. I know > very little about the hierarchy or name registration. This requires either your ISP (dreamscape) to wire down your IP somehow (using their PPP or SLIP config) or use Dynamic DNS. The only DDNS implementation I know of is for OS/2. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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