WOW... I missed out on that!
For any who want a similar ability, you can go to dyndns.org and set up free
hostname's for up to 5 dynamic IP accounts so that you can get to them
remotely without having to remember your IP address. This free service
allows you to pick a host name on one of their domains. Thus, instead of
having to remember your IP address, you might register something like
rsher03.homeip.net or the like. You have to either run a small updater in
your computer (or the one built in to many modern routers) so that if your
dynamic IP changes, DynDNS will instantly remap your hostname resolution.
To the end user it is transparent.
The above gives you the ability to get to one IP address using their domain
names. If you want to register your own domain and have them keep track of
your various hosts on dynamic IPs, then I think it's $50 per year, but you
also get a lot of other DNS tools.
I wonder what else Speakeasy provided that I didn't know about. That DNS
for free would have been nice!
Joe
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Sherwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] High-speed internet
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 06:00:43PM -0400, Nick Cummings wrote:
How do sshd and ftp fit in to the picture? These are the "servers" I'm
mostly likely to run and use often, personally. Also, do they have crazy
rules limiting the number of computers on a connection, unstated total
data transfer caps, etc? I've just heard a lot of horror stories about
Comcast and Verizon on things like that over the years.
As far as Speakeasy, I guess the sort answer was always that I stuck with
Speakeasy because it was what an ISP should be, it was a good connection
and it was mine to do with as I saw fit. It is more expensive, but you
also have to be careful to compare apples to apples. Once you say, add
the cost of that webhosting server, the difference is considerably less.
But I agree, in many cases it will not be the absolute cheapest
alternative, and it depends on what you want. The only other point to
mention is Speakeasy's Netshare program, where you have the option of
sharing your wifi with your neighbors and Speakeasy split the bill
between
you. That's one option to bring down the price.
Another great, lesser known, point about speakeasy is that they will set
the reverse DNS of your static IP to a domain of your choosing[1], so
you can have the appearance of actually not being a luser on a residential
line:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> host myleft.net
myleft.net has address 66.92.161.61
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> host 66.92.161.61
61.161.92.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer myleft.net.
- Rob
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Sherwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] High-speed internet
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 06:00:43PM -0400, Nick Cummings wrote:
How do sshd and ftp fit in to the picture? These are the "servers" I'm
mostly likely to run and use often, personally. Also, do they have crazy
rules limiting the number of computers on a connection, unstated total
data transfer caps, etc? I've just heard a lot of horror stories about
Comcast and Verizon on things like that over the years.
As far as Speakeasy, I guess the sort answer was always that I stuck with
Speakeasy because it was what an ISP should be, it was a good connection
and it was mine to do with as I saw fit. It is more expensive, but you
also have to be careful to compare apples to apples. Once you say, add
the cost of that webhosting server, the difference is considerably less.
But I agree, in many cases it will not be the absolute cheapest
alternative, and it depends on what you want. The only other point to
mention is Speakeasy's Netshare program, where you have the option of
sharing your wifi with your neighbors and Speakeasy split the bill
between
you. That's one option to bring down the price.
Another great, lesser known, point about speakeasy is that they will set
the reverse DNS of your static IP to a domain of your choosing[1], so
you can have the appearance of actually not being a luser on a residential
line:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> host myleft.net
myleft.net has address 66.92.161.61
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> host 66.92.161.61
61.161.92.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer myleft.net.
- Rob
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