[TriLUG] Roadrunner Question

[Turnpike Man]

I believe a combination of what both Matt and I have said should be looked at. 
First you need to set your local hostname statically on your machine.  This
part you may or may not have already done.  You will still get your IP
dynamically from RR.  Then take that next step to a dyndns.org type of place to
get your easy to remember FQDN (fully qualified domain name) for access
externally.  You would have yourhostname.dyndns.org for example.  If I am not
mistaken, you could also have youraliasname.dyndns.org as well, so as not to
give away your machines actual hostname.

Are we making sense for you Scot?

laters,
David M.

--- "Frye, Matthew" <Matthew.Frye at rexhealth.com> wrote:
> I concur.  Although RR sets a hostname for you based on DCHP address, I've
> found that it's not too useful.  If you want something to reference when
> accessing your box externally, I would recommend using a dynamic hostname
> (noip.com or dyndns.org) for ssh, scp, http, \etc.  
> 
> Matt
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Turnpike Man[SMTP:turnpike420 at yahoo.com]
> > Reply To: 	Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Sent: 	Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:04 PM
> > To: 	hhuntsberry at fbi.gov; Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Subject: 	Re: [TriLUG] Roadrunner Question
> > 
> > If you are speaking of hostname, I would set your own.  :)
> > 
> > In Red Hat Linux - /etc/sysconfig/network
> > 
> > add the line:
> > HOSTNAME=<hostname of your choice>
> > 
> > just my opinion
> > David M.
> > 
> > --- Scot Huntsberry wrote:
> > > I use Roadrunner here in Raleigh for my ISP.  The network gives my
> > > computer a name upon entering the network.  I'm sure you all know what
> > > I'm talking about.  Here is my question...do I have to add this
> > > information to my /etc/hosts for the system to function correctly?  Is
> > > there a way to do something that will account for all the possible names
> > > - IP addresses that could get assigned by Roadrunner to the computer?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Scot
> > 
> > 
> > __________________________________


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