Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:26:59 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Slyce <slyce@onramp.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cannot ping myself after dialup... Message-ID: <19980904142659.B606@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35EF2C44.E0E0D2AD@onramp.net>; from Slyce on Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 06:54:44PM -0500 References: <35EF1A92.60EB35A4@onramp.net> <19980904135608.R606@freebie.lemis.com> <35EF282B.8DC5C678@onramp.net> <19980904141253.V606@freebie.lemis.com> <35EF2C44.E0E0D2AD@onramp.net>
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On Thursday, 3 September 1998 at 18:54:44 -0500, Slyce wrote: >> >> That looks fine. Are you trying to ping 206.50.202.238? That would >> go down the line and back again, and depending on your ISP may not >> work. Ping 127.0.0.1 instead. > > Will I be able to reach telnet to 206.50.202.238 from the outside > world??? That depends on whether you stay connected or not. With a dynamic address, each time you dial you stand to get a different IP address. As long as you stay connected, you will be able to connect from outside. > Or is this simply an issue I need to bring up with my ISP??? Possibly, as I mentioned in my last message. 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
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