From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 19 18:33: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from colemantx.com (mail.colemantx.com [63.64.122.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9796037B702 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 18:32:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rarnold@colemantx.com) Received: from ronaldjr [63.64.123.147] by colemantx.com (SMTPD32-6.00) id ADCD5FA70276; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:32:45 -0600 Message-ID: <002901bf9214$7afa79e0$937b403f@ronaldjr> From: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." To: "Walter Brameld" , "Sandip Srivastava" , References: <00031919364100.01387@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> Subject: Re: Need Networking Help Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:32:03 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think http://www.ods.org/index.php3 is what Walter is talking about. There are a few others that do the same thing, check http://www.rageman.com for a large list of dyndns services. Some list programs for unices, although I've seen some in the ports. Ronald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Brameld" To: "Sandip Srivastava" ; Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Need Networking Help > On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Sandip Srivastava wrote: > > I have a stand-alone system that connects only occasionally to the > > internet via a dial-up ppp connection. The ISP that I connect to > > dynamically assigns my system an IP address and a FQDN. > > > > There are two things I would like done. I don't know if they are possible > > with the way things currently are. First I would like to run a nameserver > > on my system. The second I would like is for people to be able to access > > my system by a FQDN instead of an IP address. I have called my system the > > following: > > > > atlantic.srivastava.com > > > > If they can't access my system by the above name, is it possible for my > > system to take the name the ISP assigns me while I'm connected to the > > internet? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > -Sandip > > I remember reading quite a while back that there is an internet company > that can give dns service to sites with dynamic ip's. Don't remember > now who it is, but you might try running a search on the net. > > -- > Walter Brameld > > Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? > BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? > Walter: Where the hell am I? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message