[TriLUG] local dsl

[John Turner]

There are many "dynamic DNS" services. I use DynDns.org. It
is free (but I have donated over the last year).

John

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:48:24AM -0400, Steven Lee wrote:
> I too am switching from cable modem to DSL, but where a static vs. a changing IP is concerened. If I recall, when i signed up for cable, there was a brochure from a company that could do DNS for you. There is some software that you load on your machine that would update their servers with your IP everytime you powered up so that anyone trying to connect to you through www.yoursite.com would be directed to the correct IP. Anyone remember this companies name?
> 
> Steve
> 
> Andrew Perrin <aperrin at email.unc.edu> wrote:
> 
> >I use telocity aka directtvdsl, and would rate it a solid "fair."  The
> >service itself is good: reasonably dependable (I have to power-cycle the
> >gateway about once a week), speedy, static IP, ethernet-based modem,
> >etc.  The customer service types are, for the most part, useless, although
> >to their credit they don't slam down the phone when you mutter
> >"linux."  The organization is poor, and I've had numerous billing snafus
> >-- all of which (so far) have been resolved, but not without their share
> >of headaches.
> >
> >Just my 2c.
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin at unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
> >      269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
> >
> >