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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.nrv.net!abyss.radford.net!pitlord From: pitlord@abyss.radford.net (Troy Settle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dynamic IP's Date: 14 Aug 1996 10:00:34 GMT Organization: via NRVnet Inc. Internet Service (540-953-5000) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4us842$iot@kirk.nrv.net> References: <4uojpr$nbd@news.teleplex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port-25.server2.nrv.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] gene johnson (gene@johnson) wrote: : alright, got ppp to work automatically however, what happens when your : ISP assigns ip's dynamicly? what do you put in your hosts file to : identify yourself? : reply if you can : gene@teleplex.net I've been using dynamic dial-up for a while now, and never had a problem with the following in my /etc/hosts file 127.0.0.1 localhost.radford.net localhost 192.168.23.5 abyss.radford.net abyss 192.168.23.5 is my ethernet card (useless right now), if you don't have an ethernet card, then just the entry for localhost would be sufficient. By RTFM, we learn that with PPP, network addresses don't really make any difference, beings how the link is "point to point" -- meaning that there are only two (2) nodes on that network. Your machine can do damn near anything it wants, and won't screw up your ISP's network, or the internet in general. If it does, then your ISP has a serious problem with their configuration. Routing is handled seperately on both ends, you simply need to provide a default route, which is normally taken care of by pppd or ijppp. Your ISP's configuration will provide a route for incoming packets to reach your machine, read up on networking to learn how. :) cya, Troy (corrections are welcome, flames are ignored, and help getting incoming mail working correctly on a dynamic link would be greatly appreciated.)