Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 12:13:52 -0400 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: kcw@grumpy.ksc.nasa.gov Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PPP and dynamic IPs Message-ID: <199504181613.AA161111632@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <9504181312.AA08658@grumpy.ksc.nasa.gov> (kcw@grumpy.ksc.nasa.gov)
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>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Whedbee <kcw@grumpy.ksc.nasa.gov> writes:
Ken> I'm connecting to the internet (from FreeBSD2.0 patched)
Ken> through a dialup PPP (Internet Service Provider) account
Ken> which assigns an IP number dynamically.
Same here, although at work we're supposedly getting permanently
assigned IP addresses for our home hosts ... waiting ... waiting ...
Ken> My question is, do I have to setup anything in my /etc/hosts
Ken> and /etc/host.conf files or should my machine become aware of
Ken> its IP automagically ?
Nah, no need to do anything special.
Ken> Do I need to specify my hostname in the /etc/hosts file ?
Pick any host name and IP address you want.
Ken> What order should DNS lookup and /etc/hosts lookup be in the
Ken> /etc/host.conf file ?
I think any order will work; but I use /etc/hosts first for when I'm
not connected to my service provider.
Ken> I was tring to talk to the ISP's nntp server (telnet to the
Ken> port number) and it was saying "host not in nntp access file
Ken> .. error code 502". The ISP claims their floating IPs are in
Ken> the nntp access file.
They're lying.
Ken> If I ping myself it shows the dynamically assigned IP.
Good.
Ken> Any insights ?
I haven't had a good insight in years.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
If they ever come up with a swashbuckling school, I think one of the
courses should be Laughing, Then Jumping Off Something.
-- Jack Handey
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