From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Wj4u-0003yu-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:47:16 -0400 Received: from janina by cantata.rednote.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Wj4S-0006bP-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:46:48 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:46:38 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: This DHCP is too dynamic Message-ID: <20030629204637.GC24435@rednote.net> References: <20030629200755.GB24435@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: But that service would have to update its record every minute or so. It's not the ip address that's the problem. I don't mind typing numbers. It's the way her ISP changes the ip address every minute or so. I'm not kidding--I've had her do an ifconfig ppp0 and we get a different address every minute or so. Andrew Hodgson writes: > From: Andrew Hodgson > > Janina Sajka in <20030629200755.GB24435@rednote.net>: > > >I'm trying to help a friend. I have an account on her system, but her > >ISP seems to change her IP about once a minute. > > > >Aside from my curiosity about how they could make such a thing work, is > >there anything I can do to stabalize her on a single address? > > > >I've never seen anything like this, but then I have no experience with > >pppoe, either. > > Sign her up for a dynamic dns hostname are very good, > and the Linux clients work very well, run as a daemon etc. The > service is free, and you refer to her box via myname.dyndns.org and > then if they have the correct a record assigned to that hostname then > you can connect. The clients can be configured (i.e, how often to > update dyndns records etc). > > Andrew. > -- > Andrew Hodgson, Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK. > Email: Andrew@hodgsonfamily.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175