>> I am using Linux, and only dial-up network. When I am
>> online read dns:// always gets my local name/address,
>> not the one I get assigned by my ISP. 

Windoze behaves the same way.  I keep getting the IP of my
network card instead of the address assigned by my ISP.

Any way of getting the IP of the ISP?  What if I had two
network cards?  How do you pick?

>"dns://" always returns the "host name" of your computer.
>Precisely where you define this varies with the Unix dialect
>you use. On my RedHat 4.x Linux box this is defined in
>"/etc/HOSTNAME". Whether and how you can redefine this
>value on-the-fly, without rebooting, probably also depends on
>your Unix dialect...
>
>--
>Holger Kruse
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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