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Date:      Mon, 08 Jun 1998 10:50:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com>
To:        Lanny Baron <beef@bovines.cybertouch.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: dns and cablemodem
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980608105029.malte@webmore.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980607133925.11610A-100000@bovines.cybertouch.org>

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DNS is a static thing.
Have a look at www.ml.org
Look for Dynamic-DNS

Malte.

On 07-Jun-98 Lanny Baron wrote:
>       Hello,
> 
>       I have been running with ppp for some time. I have my own domain
> (cybertouch.org) and will today, have a cable modem installed. In
> addition, my son and myself have set up our own little ethernet. 
> 
>       My question is with the following dns entry and host file, what
> can i do to still be user@cybertouch.org if the wave company only gives
> dynamic IP address's?
> 
> This is my dns file. What do I have to change to make it work right?
> 
> 
> cybertouch.org.     IN      SOA     bovines.cybertouch.org
> beef.cybertouch.org (
>           1998060406  ; Serial (day, 2digits version of the day)
>           86400       ;  refresh (1 day)
>           7200        ;  retry  (after 2 hours)
>           8640000     ;  expire (100days)
>           86400 )     ;  minimum (1 day) 
> 
> ; Name server
>                  IN     NS      10.0.0.1
> 
> ;Hosts
> bovines          IN     A      10.0.0.1     
> mrsmith          IN     A      10.0.0.2
> ns               IN     A      10.0.0.1
> 
> ; CNAME Records 
> www              IN     CNAME     bovines
> ftp              IN     CNAME     bovines
> 
> ; MX records
>                  IN      MX       50 mail.tht.net.
>                  IN      MX      100  bovines.cybertouch.org.
> 
> ; System information
> bovines          IN     HINFO     "Intel Pentium/75"     "FreeBSD 2.2.6"
> mrsmith          IN     HINFO     "Intel Pentium/120"     "Microsoft Windows
> 95%"
>  
> This is my hosts file:
> 
># $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $
># Default is to use the nameserver first
> bind
># If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file
> hosts
># If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line
># nis
> 
> the resolv file:
> 
> domain        cybertouch.org
> nameserver    10.0.0.1
> 
> 
>       I hope someone can help me on this. 
> 
> Thank you for any help you may be able to offer.
> 
> Lanny
> 
> 
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Date: 08-Jun-98
Time: 10:18:03
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