On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:04:08 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Mel Evans, Registered Arachne User wrote:
>> Hi there guys and gals,
>> I thought I had a new ISP in
>> "blueyonder.co.uk" from my Cable phone company. This promised unlimited
>> access to the net for a flat rate fee of �9.00 per month UKP) However it
>> turned out to need you to load Winbloat Exoploder v5.5 in AND make it
>> your "preferred" connection for everything.
>> And of course, the 24 hour help line was on a twenty minute hold queue.
>> When I finally got through, I asked for the DNS numbers (I was going to
>> try an Arachen connect to see if it would work using Arachne) only to be
>> told that was not avaialable except to service engineers!
> Hi Mel, and anyone else in need;
> It's my guess that they are legally required to provide that info and the
> techies just don't know it.
> Try this link: http://www.uklinux.net/whois/
> There I got this public information:
> Domain Name: BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
> Registered For: Telewest Communications PLC
> Domain Registered By: CABLEINET
> Registered on 19-Oct-1999.
> Record last updated on 27-Mar-2000 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Domain servers listed in order:
> NS.BLUEYONDER.CO.UK 195.188.53.114
> NS2.BLUEYONDER.CO.UK 195.188.53.113
> WHOIS database last updated at 20:10:02 17-Mar-2001
When they tell you that their DNS numbers aren't available, or that you
don't need to know their DNS numbers, that simply means that the ISP
supports "dynamic DNS adressing". If you can use LSPPP with your modem,
then you should be able to connect with Arachne to any ISP supporting dynamic
DNS addressing. By using LSPPP I can connect to my ISP with Arachne without
even indicating the DNS numbers anywhere in any of my config files. LSPPP
supports dynamic DNS addressing. EPPPD does not. If you tell them that your
dial up program doesn't support dynamic DNS addressing, then they would
probably understand why you need to know the DNS numbers, and they would
probably gladly provide you with such information.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
