> If you have control of your DSL router (or can get some) you *should* be > able to configure it so that your server is presented on the DLS's WAN IP - > which should be static.
I strongly disagree with your confidence regarding the bridged WAN IP. You've probably been dealing with entry-level business DSL, but not true consumer DSL. Millions of DSL users MUST use PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) to connect. And yes, they get a different IP each time. And no, they can't just ask for a single static or a block without "upgrading" and paying through the nose. It's mostly the incumbent carriers who dare to do this, because they can get away with it. Verizon Internet Services, Pacific Bell Internet Services, Southwestern Bell, and Earthlink use PPPoE. And in many places, the incumbents are all that's left! Bernard does need to get answers from a specific ISP's user community before he takes any of our conclusions as gospel, though, since there may be EULAs that outright prohibit DDNS or "running a server," etc. Sandy Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
