From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7CF62F174 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:38:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f88Hcr009011 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:38:53 -0400 Received: from femail35.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail35.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.25]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f88Hcrg09007 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:38:53 -0400 Received: from learning ([24.250.68.45]) by femail35.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010908173847.ROJA19181.femail35.sdc1.sfba.home.com@learning> for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:38:47 -0700 Received: from kennyhitt by learning with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15fmDK-0006P3-00 for ; Sat, 08 Sep 2001 12:48:18 -0500 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:48:17 -0500 To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Static IPs Message-ID: <20010908124817.A20873@hntsvlle1.al.home.com> References: <20010907203857.UUIJ557.femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com@eklhad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010907203857.UUIJ557.femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com@eklhad>; from eklhad@home.com on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:38:57PM -0700 From: Kenny Hitt X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, users of the at-home service have different results depending on where you are. In my case; I had to spend a week trying to figure out DHCP. The tech support were no help. All they knew was Windows. I finally got it working, and love the service, but it started out as a real pain. I can't use there web sight with Lynx, but it's no big loss. Kenny On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 01:38:57PM -0700, Karl Dahlke wrote: > Someone described a pseudo-always-on dsl connection from Ameritech, > wherein the company drops you if you're not busy, > and you wake up with a new ip address. > What a frightening thought. > > I've just started hosting my own web site, on my own machine, > and I don't know why I didn't take the plunge long ago. > It's easy, and it's fun. > There are numerous advantages, and a couple disadvantages. > Well anyways, it would be unthinkable if I had such a terrible isp. > I certainly can't reprogram all the name servers on the internet > every time they decide to give me a new ip address. > The cable at-home service doesn't work like that, > and I have nothing but good things to say about them. > They even tried to help me set up, > knowing that I was on Linux. > That's pretty rare. > > Getting back to the IPs; > one day we lost the bill, or it got lost in the mail, or whatever, > and I was behind, so they turned off the service. > I called with my credit card to turn it back on and asked, > please please please, > can I have my old ip back again. > "Sure, we've been saving it for you." > Now that's class, > and its certainly important to those of us who are hosting our own sites. > > Karl Dahlke > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list