Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:42:54 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set hostname on a cable line? Message-ID: <20180322194254.0ed0c113@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20180322164009.GA91171@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> References: <201803211834.w2LIY9Jh059885@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <79cc198c-daa9-1cb2-020f-d11d7d3d396a@yandex.com> <20180321213005.GA73927@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <20180321232254.3a2dc696.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180322121320.GA66012@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net> <op.zgaccqogg7njmm@workstation> <20180322164009.GA91171@jail0199.vps.exonetric.net>
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:40:09 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 05:06:11PM +0100, Michael Ross wrote: > > Am .03.2018, 13:13 Uhr, schrieb Anton Shterenlikht <as@cmplx.uk>: > > > > > But more likely, I just cannot have a FQDN > > > on a cable connection. > > > > My bet would be that you can, as soon as you switch to a > > "business" account. > > I did, and having static IPv4 IPv6 and the whole (reverse) DNS > > stuff working > > is well worth the extra money. > > Yes, that would explain it. Your FreeBSD box has a private IP address, so presumably your wireless router uses NAT. Even if the service provider provides you with an A record, it would point to the router, not the FreeBSD box.
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