>> 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] -- For information on any of the following check out my WEB site at: http://www.biogate.com/bpaddock/ Chemical Free Air Conditioning/No CFC's, Chronic Pain Relief, Echofone, Electromedicine, Electronics, Explore!, Free Energy, Full Disclosure, KeelyNet, Matric Limited, Neurophone, Oil City PA, Philadelphia Experiment. http://www.uCOS-II.com