The public IP address doesn't come with any more bandwidth, just freedom from port blocking and access from outside the OCT system. To get more bandwidth, you'll wind up paying a bit more.
-Brent On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 17:15, James Nickerson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 09:46 pm, Brent Thomson wrote: > > Ah, finally something I know a little something about. > > Indeed you do. Thanks you very much for the info. Of course, the end result > is pretty much what I expected: That I have to pay them to get a public > (static) ip address. I suppose $6 isn't outrageous. The only problem is > that I currently have three different MAC addresses signed up (in my same > name, but their automatic system didn't seem to mind) for my three boxes, and > they're connecting to their router through my hub. I suppose I'll link them > all and just give one main server the external address to save $12/mo. My > only question is whether the extra $6 gives you more bandwidth in addition to > the static & public ip address, because what I really want is more bandwidth > to my main desktop and a public address for my main server. I guess I could > set one of them up as a DNS server, though I've never done that before. > Would y'all recommend that, or do you have any better suggestions? > > > 208.187.x.x addresses don't have any ports blocked and are quite nice > > for things like SSHing into your box from school. The line from the > > Yeah, that would be nice. > > > 10.1.x.x addresses can see the world through port-blocked lenses. About > > all that gets through is HTTP, FTP, SSH, and a couple other things. The > > -James Nickerson @ 10.1.20.186, 10.1.19.148, 10.1.28.61 > > > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
