From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 3 21:45:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA24824 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:45:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA24801 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:45:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA08650; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:14:37 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id OAA15374; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:14:36 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980904141436.W606@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:14:36 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: David Vondrasek , Slyce Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot ping myself after dialup... References: <35EF1A92.60EB35A4@onramp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from David Vondrasek on Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 11:33:05PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 3 September 1998 at 23:33:05 -0500, David Vondrasek wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Slyce wrote: > >> Why am I unable to PING myself(my IP) after login to my ISP via Kernel >> PPP??? I need to be able to telnet to my site from work, but I can't >> even PING myself.... I'm hoping this doesn't require a static IP with >> FreeBSD... > > If you have the normal dialup account to an ISP you have a DYNAMIC IP > meaning it changes with each connection. How are you getting the IP you > are dialed into with the fbsd box ? I do the same thing at home. I have my > bsd box dial in and I have a script that send me email with my IP address > on connection, I also run a domain from ml.org that I update after each > connection. and I just telnet to that address. If your IP changes and you > have no way to find the IP you will need a STATIC/DEDICATED dial-up to > keep the IP the same. Oops, I missed the direction. Yes, if you want to dial in to your system from outside, you won't just need a static IP address, you'll also need an ISP who's prepared to dial you. That's a matter you need to talk to him about. Typically, it's easier to get a static address than get the ISP to dial you. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message