On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Keith Laidlaw wrote:
> I have had cable access (using DHCP) for a year and
> my IP address has changed only once. This is very
> convenient, considering I often access my home network
> from a RW. I don't need DNS to resolve the address, I
> hard code it.
>
> I now have to use ADSL access using PPPoE and dynamic
> address. My question is: are PPPoE addresses as stable?
>
> Is there the equivalent of a "lease". Is there a trick
> I can use to keep the address (e.g. ping some address
> once a minute)?
Any such method would depend on implementation details of the dhcp server,
which your ISP could update or completely replace almost any time they
wish.
> Is there another way that I can tolerate
> changing addresses by reresolving the address (dynamic
> DNS???).
Search for dynamic dns at google. www.dyndns.org, www.yp.org... there are
quite a few. They typically involve having a script or program on your
box to inform them of your new ip address when it changes. I have static
so I don't know details, but I think ez-ipupdate has been setup as an LRP
package.
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