Ok, can't help you with your question per se, but just a thought.. Are you sure your IP isn't static.. I know that on @home your modem has a static IP and then your computer(s) on the LAN are given dynamic ( or whatever they're called when they change ) IPs... Just a thought.. bosco(). " careful... I don't know it all but I may claim to.... there, you've been warned... " Vic wrote: > Sorry to bring this up again, I searched the > mandrake archives and could not find a thing about it. > > I was wondering if someone could point me in the direction > of one or more sites that would enable me to setup > a web server and an ftp server with either my own domain > name or if necessary part theirs and part mine or something > like that. > > Anyway I have a buddy who I keep having to do a > ifconfig -a to see my current ip address, I am > on cable modem and connected all the time > but the ip keeps changing and I need to have > a service that tracks these IP's and route the > domain name ie 'ftp.kittypuss.org' or 'http://www.kittypuss.org' > to the correct IP so that I can have hits to the http or > downloads/uploads on the ftp. > > Thanks > > Linux Cat