From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 18 21:18:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14059 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:18:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclops.xtra.co.nz (smtp.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14051 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:18:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by cyclops.xtra.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA22483; Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:17:41 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199809190417.QAA22483@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: gummibear@we.mediaone.net Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:17:34 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <3.0.1.32.19980918195546.006acf08@we.mediaone.net> References: <199809182336.LAA08847@witch.xtra.co.nz> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 18 Sep 98, at 19:55, gummibear@we.mediaone.net wrote: > I also wanted to set up a subnet off this cable modem. I was thinking > something in terms of this: > > mediaone cable -----> my freebsd box gateway/ftp server/web server ---- > (IPFW) ----> Windows Machine for my GF ----> another FreeBSD box for me > > Can this be done? I use wide-dhcp as my dhcp client. But if I have a > dynamic IP and the dhcp client does all network work for me, how would I > know how to handle a routing table. I've never networked before, so I'm > pretty much clueless on this. Where can I get more info on the subject. > I have the FreeBSD book here, but it doesn't cover dynamic IP network > stuff all that much. Yes, it can be done. Look at the websites I mentioned in my original post. See the URL in my signature for details on setting up a subnet at home. It's not all in one place, but it's there. > At 11:36 AM 9/19/98 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > >I've been looking at a few setups. Most assign you a domain name which > >hangs off their domain (for examples, see http://detour.net/, > >http://www.ml.org/, etc). A few (http://www.ddns.org/, > >http://www.dnswiz.com/index.htm, https://dyndns.com/) allow you to host > >your own domain. > > > >To my knowledge, the public DNS (http://soa.granitecanyon.com/) doesn't > >provide a dynamic service but I see no reason why you couldn't write code > > to do it for you. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - my [mis]adventures http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message