From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 20 06:46:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA13521 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 06:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA13516 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 06:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA14005; Sat, 20 Apr 96 13:46:53 GMT Message-Id: <9604201346.AA14005@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA021518128; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:48:48 -0600 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:48:48 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: zeidaot@l1.conline.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <01BB2E8A.D466EBE0@dal1-7.conline.com> (message from Mitch Shaw on Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:12:04 -0500) Subject: Re: My FreeBSD host name and static IP question. Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Mitch" == Mitch Shaw writes: Mitch> Does anybody know a way or "hack" to keep your host name if Mitch> your host name is static but your ip is dynamic? This will require work on behalf of your service provider: they need a special version of BIND that can map your chosen name onto whatever dynamic address you happen to be using at the time---or return a failed lookup if you're not using any address at all. I don't know of any service provider providing such a service ... ;-) In short, there's nothing you can do except ask your service provider for a fixed IP address/hostname or find another service provider. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/