From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 29 22:38:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F88B7D for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net [207.145.128.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2518FC08 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.52]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F438A70ABE for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:38:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 17409 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2012 22:38:27 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 15698, pid: 19037, t: 0.1596s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:13513 Received: from unknown (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 29 Dec 2012 22:38:27 -0000 Received: from lowell-desk.lan (lowell-desk.lan [172.30.250.8]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B532933C18; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:38:21 -0500 (EST) Received: by lowell-desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 1FE3A39829; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:38:21 -0500 (EST) From: Lowell Gilbert To: Fbsd8 Subject: Re: static ip address and ifconfig References: <50DF24BC.20507@a1poweruser.com> <20121229124207.110dca60@europa> <50DF30EA.1030408@a1poweruser.com> <20121229191604.cff1a883.freebsd@edvax.de> <50DF3A61.6040307@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:38:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <50DF3A61.6040307@a1poweruser.com> (fbsd8@a1poweruser.com's message of "Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:45:53 -0500") Message-ID: <44licglc0y.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:38:35 -0000 Fbsd8 writes: > For anyone being a professional company who wants permanent presents > on the internet will pay extra fees for static ip > address because static ip address never change and this is required for > domain name registration. Dynamic ip address are normally assigned by the > ISP for home users having dsl or tv cable internet connections. Dynamic > ip address can change and if used for domain name registration the users > FQDN will no longer point to the correct host. In the interests of figuring out the right kind of answer here: Do you understand the different types of DNS records?