On 21 Dec 2000, at 0:44, Frank Shute wrote:
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 10:57:46AM -0000, Nick Drage wrote:
Just FYI - as long as you're on a Demon SDU or NDU ( Standard and Network Dial Up respectively ) you'll have a static IP address. Trust me, if Demon changed those to dynamic allocation you would have *definitely* heard by now ;)
<entering pedant mode>
I thought I'd mention that a static IP allows you to have any number of email addresses
Aaah, static or dynamic IP you can still have a anything@domain.name type email setup, where you receive email for the entire "@domain.name" - depending on what your ISP is capable of. UKLinux is a well known example of this.
and you can then pick up your mail via SMTP from Demon and distribute it to your users via POP3 or IMAP. To my mind that's a big benefit of using Demon.
Yes, definitely. Having email delivered to you by SMTP is a help, and while this too can be done to dynamic IP addresses I've never really seen it implemented, the authentication is a problem.
The static IP also makes the possibility of remote admin via ssh a relatively easy proposition.
Also makes IP address restrictions incredibly easy to implement on anything you connect to :) Hmm, could be interpreted as being a bit "salesy" there. So at this point I should declare I am an employee of Demon@Thus, but not in a sales / commission earning capacity. And I should add, AFAIK, Demon aren't the only ISP offering static IPs on dialups, I believe PowerNet in Milton Keynes offer the same. <snip> -- Nick Drage - half understanding Pegasus until he gets his Linux partition sorted out......