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From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP Connection for Dynamic IP
Date: 5 May 1996 02:38:28 -0700
Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA
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Jianyu Wang <jianyu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> It doesn't seem there is DNS to map my hostname to IP address.  Netcom
> uses dynamic IP addresses.  Right now I am not running named daemon.
> Can anyone give me advice on how to setup this hostname mapping?  Any
> help will be appreciated.  

You could in theory register a domain name, set the TTL to 0 and modify the DNS
record automatically when you got the dynamic assignment. But it would be much
 easier to get a static IP#. Go through a smaller local provider.





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