On Monday 15 October 2007 10:27:01 Aniruddha wrote:
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 17:22 -0600, John Meyer wrote:
I must have gotten into this thread a little too late. Why, exactly, would you want a static ip in a dhcp environment? Sorry for the new question, but it's better than asking people if they prefer "top or bottom" (not in that way, of course) ;-)
Lol! I agree 100% ;) The reason I would like a static ip is simple, I use ssh to troubleshoot his system. Therefor it would be handy if his ip didn't change all the time. -- Regards,
Aniruddha
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Ahhh, that is what dyndns is for. Basically, it's a service that allows you to reserve a DNS name. The service transaltes that name to an IP address. The service offers a program that your brother can install on his computer which will update the IP address that dyndns will translate to. In this way you can ssh to your brothers PC with a dyndns name, and always get the correct IP address... Hmmmm... Somehow my explanation got twisted. Google for Dynamic Dns, it's designed to solve your current problem... Jerry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org