Ryan Finnie wrote: > Dyndns is your friend. That, or pay $20 extra for the 5 static IPs.
That was exactly my solution while on dialup. However, with a reasonable ISP, my dyndns.org account has been unchanged for so long people have started trying to take it over, thinking I've abandoned it! > Gripe: Tunneling is CPU intensive. > Response: My router (a P2 233) can saturate a 1.5/128 connection > without blinking. I've found the same to be true, also with a P2 (300MHz; OpenBSD). Four connections with four servers on four protocols, all at full bore, and the CPU meter's just barely creeping over 5%... and most of that is gkrellmd sending the CPU data to my desktop. What I value most in a DHCP uplink is the transparency of my network. All my non-critical hosts are configured by DHCP by default. dhcpd grants static IPs to some MACs for DNS purposes, but this is transparent to the host. And in the event my router goes down, I can just swap cables, down-up eth0, and I'm back up without touching /etc, must less Portage. Didn't mean to drag this out. Just saw some good points being made and wanted to expand on a few. Just my USD$0.05, Tim Hammerquist _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
