Re: [TCLUG:8707] Bidir Cable (was: Re: [TCLUG:8688] mack address)

[Nathan Hartzell <nhartzell@macalester.edu>]

If worse comes to worse, and all you need is a domain name, you can use
dynIP.  I'm not sure if they have a client for Linux, but it worked nicely
for me when I ran it in Windows, and it only cost 40 a year.

Nathan Hartzell
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Willenbring <DJWILLENBRIN@stthomas.edu>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:30 PM
Subject: RE: [TCLUG:8707] Bidir Cable (was: Re: [TCLUG:8688] mack address)


> M1 is all dynamic.  They gave you a static IP (192.168.100.2), but that
> wasn't public.  The one way used DHCP for a dynamic IP too (at least for
the
> public Ips) but your modem handled all that so it was transparent to your
> computer.
>
> I asked about a static IP, one guy had no idea of what I spoke, and a
> different guy said they don't "do that".  I've talked to some other people
> with M1 2 way in other states and they said the DHCP lease never expires,
so
> unless your dumb oaf neighbor plows through your cable line with a garden
> hoe you will be just fine with your borrowed IP for a while.
>
> Dan