From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 22 19:43:00 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A03F65145 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x22f.google.com (mail-wr0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA06B87632 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:42:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id h2so9897122wre.12 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:42:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+XexaWop2sZVgbMxRCjvOwXgUWlLU82dhlPxxWyR8bM=; b=cFRUBo+APH5R0iOaKVnWAeG9ndDoHgjXA9vdlGiO2/XyuSCBrtWGgnovYe/soecmSD 4ZvG5huPsZ451nTIn23Cuw3q+9ZUA2XlfamEqF67ZMVXhmLD7O/Ep7XQtLtzxC70Kn3p xzNNFIPGTZG+v4qaI5oeTe8LN8w1TZ/NXhcpUmakzE+qDIvRMYJcUeYwHsi3zSSJ/la3 g2fkziXSPUavis2O/RP2wKGgT4NVVxy1VvaTC06Vw4DF96VQoBx/VKISJQBriXVqjg+B caDftKJJh6HLmRFK5L6s3UWdZPfYH0AhVI22z8zFPmKME8v/6v6YYsk9ln5QIgHg7Cd2 Vosg== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7FU1wmvffj3RPLk81X78hZVFHgVzzoDBKtDQNd1o9bknvxIncZQ Q/9QQbLF7p4KPJdNtdcbDxkZNA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELshxGL+//hgwCavjYrTcrdoNFXPtfj89XuPG8IysjFdyfG5RB974WQX4+3R2d+wN8cPq+O8vg== X-Received: by 10.223.185.73 with SMTP id b9mr20755746wrg.229.1521747778526; Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([185.128.42.30]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b66sm7161677wmg.28.2018.03.22.12.42.57 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:42:54 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set hostname on a cable line? Message-ID: <20180322194254.0ed0c113@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20180322164009.GA91171@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> References: <201803211834.w2LIY9Jh059885@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <79cc198c-daa9-1cb2-020f-d11d7d3d396a@yandex.com> <20180321213005.GA73927@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <20180321232254.3a2dc696.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180322121320.GA66012@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <20180322164009.GA91171@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:43:00 -0000 On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:40:09 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 05:06:11PM +0100, Michael Ross wrote: > > Am .03.2018, 13:13 Uhr, schrieb Anton Shterenlikht : > > > > > But more likely, I just cannot have a FQDN > > > on a cable connection. > > > > My bet would be that you can, as soon as you switch to a > > "business" account. > > I did, and having static IPv4 IPv6 and the whole (reverse) DNS > > stuff working > > is well worth the extra money. > > Yes, that would explain it. Your FreeBSD box has a private IP address, so presumably your wireless router uses NAT. Even if the service provider provides you with an A record, it would point to the router, not the FreeBSD box.