Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:12:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: robert@chalmers.com.au Cc: "Kiattikamol Sucondhamarn"@xmission.xmission.com, <kiat@microvillage.co.th>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connect to internet using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199708202012.OAA08596@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <33FA1584.90F1F49F@chalmers.com.au> from "Robert Chalmers" at Aug 20, 97 07:52:05 am
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Kiattikamol Sucondhamarn wrote: # I just start to use FreeBSD by last three month and I # don't know to much about it (unix also). I bought FreeBSD # 2.21 from Waltnut Creek CDROM and tried it for us to be an # internet web server. Now, two month ago I can't get it up # (for web server). In my pland, I have: # # 1. Web Server (FreeBSD) and using Netscape # FastTrack Server to be a web server engine. You should probably look at the Apache server. It is the number one HTTP server on the net, runs very well on FreeBSD, and IS FREE! ;^) # 2. I have 1 of telphone line connected with my # local ISP with dynamic IP address!. OK. Unless you use a connection that is always dialed up, this isn't going to make for a very good web server. Does your ISP offer web hosting services? Many ISPs do this; you just create a 'public_html' directory (or something similar) under your home directory on their computer and put your HTML files there. # 3. I just applied with dyndns (www.dyndns) for # get the dynamic DNS service for anybody can reach my # homepage by name. OK, I'm familiar with the Dynamic DNS project. For others who may read this, the url is http://www.ml.org/ml/dynds. # My problems is: # # 1. I can't setup FreeBSD for using PPP connection # because I don't know exactly about the step (When I use # manual page it not clear) and I need it to connect to my ISP # automaticaly every time that it reboot or just start or lose # connection!!!. Please help me to config it by give me an # instruction and Sample. (again I have dynamic IP address # when I connected to internet.) See "The Pedantic PPP Primer" at www.freebsd.org; this should answer your questions on how to setup PPP. # 2. I got software from dyndns its call # "NamedControl" for register my new IP address with their # server every time that the it was changed. Where I must to # put it in FreeBSD config? because It suposed to run after it # got IP of PPP interface. Robert Chalmers replied: > Firstly, you'll find you can't use it as a web server with Actually, you could, as long as you keep the link up whenever people might want to look at your web page. > dynamic addressing. Nor can you register in the DNS with a You can, using Dynamic DNS; that's what it was designed for. > dynamic address. You will have to start first by applying for > a permanent C class address, or asking your ISP to be assigned > a permanent number from their list, which I doubt they will Most bigger ISPs *will* do this, or at least will give you a subnet. At Xmission, the standard small business account gets a 255.255.255.240 subnet unless you *really beg hard.* ;^) > do. Once you have solved that, the rest follows. Go read the Dynamic DNS pages, it's quite a good idea. I hope it works. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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