On Tuesday 20 November 2001 08:48, Kurt Wall enunciated: > Okay, so now I have cable access -- it's a beautiful thing after > dial-up purgatory -- with a static IP. Theoretically, even though it > isn't permitted, I can run server services. The installer set up one > of my Windows boxes and gave it this truly byzantine hostname but it > seems to me that I should be able to assign that static IP to a Linux > box and then update DNS through my domain registrar. > > That is, I'm proposing using my own host name and their IP address. > Can I do that? > > Kurt
Do not think so mate, I use just the IP but cannot use a hostname. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
