From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 04:06:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8184516A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:06:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B8CD43D2F for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:06:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rlurman@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so180268rne for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:06:06 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=EEH1k7tf8hJAi357vNcHxS5IhYVU2D4i9PDTIF9G94bqGPt2dGK8wbnx2caoRGUduLcdIsxONXfiO/QGSEXAOSWVhKawlTxusXeLzH+FrsG2XXHB0Xqn/Oo9vWVryRbTV9xmYVlqeLUgrKMZAuZSWBFV+2JO65WiNB6mp9VD/7g= Received: by 10.38.13.1 with SMTP id 1mr233982rnm; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:06:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.149.33 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:06:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:06:06 -0500 From: RL To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041222035615.GA10180@gamerasmog.com> <1103688155.7511.11.camel@server1> Subject: Re: Running own servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: RL List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:06:08 -0000 On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:04:55 -0500, RL wrote: > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:02:35 -0600, Frank Knobbe wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 22:59 -0500, RL wrote: > > > I just called my cable modem ISP (adelphia) and they said a static IP > > > address is $130 per month!!!!!! Forget that! Now what are my other > > > options? I do have a dynDNS address for my dynamic IP, but I can't run > > > a DNS server and do reverse DNS with that. :( > > > > Without your ISPs assistance, you wouldn't be able to run reverse DNS > > anyway. Forward DNS on dynamic IP's is tricky as you have to > > re-register/change your name servers IP address with your domain name > > provider every time you get a new address. > > > > DynDNS for SMPT is doable, but forget DNS. > > > > -Frank So I guess my only option *if* I wanted to do this was to buy a business class DSL service that offers a static IP?