Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:14:36 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: David Vondrasek <david@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org>, Slyce <slyce@onramp.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot ping myself after dialup... Message-ID: <19980904141436.W606@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980903232951.932A-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org>; from David Vondrasek on Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 11:33:05PM -0500 References: <35EF1A92.60EB35A4@onramp.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980903232951.932A-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org>
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On Thursday, 3 September 1998 at 23:33:05 -0500, David Vondrasek wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Slyce wrote: > >> Why am I unable to PING myself(my IP) after login to my ISP via Kernel >> PPP??? I need to be able to telnet to my site from work, but I can't >> even PING myself.... I'm hoping this doesn't require a static IP with >> FreeBSD... > > If you have the normal dialup account to an ISP you have a DYNAMIC IP > meaning it changes with each connection. How are you getting the IP you > are dialed into with the fbsd box ? I do the same thing at home. I have my > bsd box dial in and I have a script that send me email with my IP address > on connection, I also run a domain from ml.org that I update after each > connection. and I just telnet to that address. If your IP changes and you > have no way to find the IP you will need a STATIC/DEDICATED dial-up to > keep the IP the same. Oops, I missed the direction. Yes, if you want to dial in to your system from outside, you won't just need a static IP address, you'll also need an ISP who's prepared to dial you. That's a matter you need to talk to him about. Typically, it's easier to get a static address than get the ISP to dial you. 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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