Wayne, You do not have a permenant hostname. The IP address has a permenant hostname in DNS. You have a temporary IP address that is almost never changed.
Would you please go read about IP addresses, dhcp, and DNS so that you can speak inteligbly on the subject and stop trying to make something into nothing. Here is a place for you to start: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Net-HOWTO/index.html Dusty > I believe many cable modem users will not be thrilled when they realize > that their computers, instead of having a changing ip, are actually > assigned a permanent hostname. Of course, our local dhcp experts are > telling me that having a permanent hostname don't make no difference, > and are implicitly accusing me of spreading FUD. You make your own > call.
