On 19 Jun, Dale Scheetz wrote: > My ppp connection is to an ISP that is willing to provide me with a > "static" IP address, allowing me to be the same address every time I > connect. > I have been asked by a friend to help set up his machine for ppp, but his > ISP will only provide a "dynamic" IP address. I am a bit confused about > how to deal with the entry in /etc/hosts.
Here's my hosts file. --- 127.0.0.1 localhost 0.0.0.0 elan.dlcwest.com elan --- The ip for elan.dlcwest.com (my machine) gets updated internally each time I logon if it is set to 0.0.0.0 here. Note, elan is just the name I gave to my computer. My ISP has no idea I'm using its domain with elan. But it does not matter. I used to have it set the uni's domain instead of my isp's and it worked fine. Hope this helps. I don't know of anything else that would be different. Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
