Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:18:44 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> To: <David@SkytrackerCanada.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What kind of ISP/connection am I looking for? Message-ID: <01ce01bff608$91981e20$029b140a@danco>
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>Our national telephone company has a package that allows high speed
>connection
>using a Dlink Ethernet card - they said it is possible to connect with
>unix
>providing "the operating system can handle a TCP/IP stack and a dynamic
>IP address"
Well, since the BSD TCP/IP stack *is* the standard TCP/IP Internet stack the
world over, FreeBSD should be able to handle it. :-)
Dynamic addresses (via DHCP) are no problem either!
>(I would need a static IP wouldn't I?)
Not necessarily (since there are dynamic-DNS services out there), but having
a static IP would greatly simplify your life when running a server. If your
phone company is so inclined, DHCP can be set up so that it assigns you the
same IP address each time (part of the old BOOTP spec)...
--Dan
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