From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 8 20:30:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA14763 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 Jul 1998 20:30:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA14758 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 1998 20:30:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA25054; Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:29:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:29:46 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: JGarcia cc: Greg Lehey , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: info for ISP In-Reply-To: <35A2C027.92FF629E@brokersys.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You've got it all except for the news host, mail host, and pop host. I don't suggest trying to hardcode the other end of the link or your own address. Your address is most likely dynamically assigned when you dial in, and the ISP side will change depending on what term server you land on when you dial. One of the biggest problems we have with supporting unix accounts is people that insist on hardcoding the "ISP side" of the link even though they only have a one in seven chance of getting the same address each time... Charles Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com ---- "I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man Just a mortal with potential of a superman I'm living on" -DB On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, JGarcia wrote: > my internet provider is very quiet about some of the information they > want to give me. What do I need beside my 2 DNS addresses, that they > provide with win95 setup? and the phone number to dialup with.? > > -- > Please send email to : > JGarcia > jgarcia1@hotmail.com > > > > 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