Previously, Kurt Wall chose to write: > Okay, so now I have cable access -- it's a beautiful thing after > dial-up purgatory -- with a static IP. Theoretically, even though it > isn't permitted, I can run server services. The installer set up one > of my Windows boxes and gave it this truly byzantine hostname but it
If it's @home, it's most likely just your account #. You can connect linux to it by passing the hostname with the dhcpcd request, dhcpcd -h<account#> eth? > seems to me that I should be able to assign that static IP to a Linux > box and then update DNS through my domain registrar. > > That is, I'm proposing using my own host name and their IP address. > Can I do that? > > Kurt Yes. I do, sort of... I'm really using dyndns.org to do it. That way, if @home ever does change my IP address, I can update it easily. But I imagine you can do it your way. IIRC, dyndns.org was a better bargain -- one-time payment for DNS services rather than yearly payments. HTH, Tim _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
