From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 15:26:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA08474 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from synwork.com (root@synwork.com [199.3.234.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA08458 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:26:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (flaq@localhost) by synwork.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA04882; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 17:22:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 17:22:35 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mike K." To: "Josef C. Grosch" cc: Brill Pappin , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user PPP server problem In-Reply-To: <9607261356.ZM7308@xsvr2.cup.hp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Josef C. Grosch wrote: > On Jul 26, 4:21pm, Brill Pappin wrote: > > Subject: RE: user PPP server problem > > Does anyone know, can I apply for my own IP address, even if my machine will > > not be connected to the Internet, at all times? > > > > I mean, reserve a stack of 5 or 6, and use them as I see fit, when I see fit? > > My situation is semi-permanent, and I wouldn't want to have to give up the > > address' when my machines were not connected to the Internet... (I guess > > that would mean I would have to get my ISP to add the addresses on their > > local network, or propagate the NS every time I wanted the network up...) > > -Brill > > > >-- End of excerpt from Brill Pappin > > > Try this: > > http://internic.net/rs-internic.html > > > Josef > > -- The Internic does not assign IP's. They only maintain the database of registered domains. He will have to get a domain registered, probably by his ISP since he can't provide his own DNS. The ISP will then assign him a block of IP's for a price. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~