On 2003-06-19 11:18, Mike Ford wrote: >> Being a collector of early(er) macs, (eg: Colour Classic, SE) I have a large >> network going. I was reading on the internet about Mac Plus web servers and I >> want to do the same, I don't have a Mac Plus I intend to use the Colour >> Classic as it has Ethernet. BUT... I have no idea how....ok, well I have a >> vague idea. > > That part is easy, but the hard part is if you ever expect anyone to > connect to your web server, you need a fixed IP address that they can > reference. The D in DHCP is for dynamic, ie not fixed, so what you have to > do is each time the DHCP server from your ISP changes your IP address, ie > you login to the ISP, you will need to update a forwarding link from some > Internet site that offers fixed IP addresses and forwarding. They are out > on the net, and mostly free, but I don't know the details or names.
That's not entirely accurate. First off, he stated that his *internal* network is DHCP, so for all we know he may have static IP on his internet connection. In that case, all that needs to be done to ensure uninterrupted web service is to make sure the Colour Classic always has the same IP address. Either by making sure the DHCP lease is sufficiently long to bridge any outages, or by setting the CC to DHCP with static addressing (or both). In the case that the external IP address is indeed dynamic (most likely), the options are to either make sure the connection is never dropped, or to subscribe to a dynamip DNS service, like for instance <http://www.dyndns.org/>. There are others. I have never tried any (8 Mbit line with static IP here :-))). YMMV. ,xtG .tsooJ -- /~\ The ASCII Ribbon Campaign: \ / - No HTML/RTF in email X - No Word docs in email / \ - Respect for open standards -- Joost van de Griek <http://www.jvdg.net/> -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
