Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 23:00:29 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: "Adam L. Simpson" <adam@netsonic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modem dial out PPP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970504225628.555F-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970505003939.00700a38@mail.netsonic.com>
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Adam L. Simpson wrote: > I am trying to dial out via modem so that others can access my FBSD box > thru telnet. When I get connected to my ISP, I get a Dynamic IP assigned. > When I try to telnet to this number, it times out. What else would I have > to do on my end to allow the traffic to come thru to the box if one were to > telnet to the Dynamic IP Assigned by the ISP? works for me! :) what i'd like to know is: why is it, if you have host.conf set up to use bind first, "telnet alphabetic.name.net" uses /etc/hosts info, instead of using bind to get your dynamically allocated address? (when trying to telnet to yourself). -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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