From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 1 06:15:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA29247 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 06:15:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA29242 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 06:15:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id IAA01122; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:15:31 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199707011315.IAA01122@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Static vs. dynamic IP addr To: mss@crl.com Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 08:15:31 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stan@mos.com.np In-Reply-To: <33B853A4.3A4B@crl.com> from Michael Slaughter at "Jun 30, 97 05:47:32 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Michael Slaughter said: > Good people: > > My ISP (crl by name) dynamically assigns IP addresses to individuals > with PPP accounts. I am one of these, just one person with one computer. > But I also now have a registered domain name. > > What can you tell me about FreeBSD in this regard? (That is, could I, > with FreeBSD, retain my current PPP account and be able to use my domain > name?) > > Regards from just south of San Francisco, I think you'll need your ISP to host the domain for you. My ISP will do it for free. Other's think you're a business and charge you 3-4 times a personal account. Your ISP could either virtually host mail account(s), or perhaps store and forward mail, probably uucp, but maybe straight sendmail, without a static address, this could be tricky. Paul. -- To most people, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists, solutions are things that are still all mixed up.