dynamic ip addresses

I sent out an earlier message about setting up ddclient, but since no one responded I'm assuming no one uses this particular program. So here's a more general question. Do any of you have dynamic ip addresses and have something running to assign a static hostname, so the system can be connected to

intro and question about ddclient

Hi all, Quick intro and then a question :P. My name is Christy, and I have been using computers since about 1994 back when dos was popular :P. So I'm familiar with command line work. I've done a little fooling around with Linux, mostly redhat until recently, but this is the furthest I've ever gott